Reactions trail Apostle Johnson Suleiman’s declaration of war on bloggers

Nigerians have continued to react to the war declared on bloggers by Apostle Johnson Suleiman of Omega Fire Ministries, who said he’ll deal with anyone who writes anything untrue about him, his family or his ministry.

Most Nigerians on social media are of the opinion that Apostle Suleiman is just bragging about his seeming morbid control over minds of fellows set against free speech that endangers his source of income.

In one of the comments, a Twitter user Omovie @Fecomnet said; “How many people did Jesus shutdown @APOSTLEJOHNSON despite all the abuse and pain he went through? Without his death, will there be Christians anyway? You are not showing good example. Apostle Paul said Be ye follower of Me. Can you link this to your message?

Recall that Apostle Suleiman while preaching in his church recently, said he will delegate his choristers to report the page of any blogger who writes any untrue story about him.

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He said; “A blogger posted something about my father in the lord about 3 days ago and I sent him a message saying I am giving him six hours to take it down or he would not like me. You know these bloggers, it wouldn’t take anything to close them. How many people do we need to report a page? The church has got the numbers to mess up bloggers. I will only direct the Choristers a page to report and they will shut it down. You want drama, we will give you. That we are keeping quiet doesn’t mean bloggers should try nonsense, we can shut you down. What does it take to shut down an Instagram page? 100 to 200 reports and they will shut it down. If it comes up under three months, we report it again. Since you face the church, we face you. But we are giving you means of livelihood, don’t abuse it.

“I have told my people that when I give order that they should, they should just start fighting. Everybody is mad, it is the one that takes off his clothes that people notice. Nobody has the monopoly of rascality.

“Pastors have the number to shut down any blogger. Shut up your mouth or we will both shut your mouth and your blog. I told someone that if he thinks he is so relevant, he should not talk about Pastors for six months and his channel will close. What keeps it flowing is because of Pastors. We determine your next video.

“Most of the women doing Youtube Channels, ask them for their husbands. Tell them to show you their husbands. Marriage has dealt with them. Life is hard on them so they are bitter,” he added.

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