Nigeria: Of Nigerian Pastors and Private Jets

23 November 2012
analysis

THE news media and the social internet sites like Facebook, Twitter and several Nigeria online portals have been abuzz since Saturday, November 10, 2012, after reports that Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, the president of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), had joined the rarefied ranks of Nigerian pastors who owned private jets.

It was Pastor Ayo's birthday as well as his 40th anniversary as an ordained minister of the gospel of Jesus Christ. So, some wealthy members of the church where he serves as the Senior Pastor, Word of Life Bible Church, Warri, contributed money and bought an airplane as a gift for him.

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