Both the Embassy of the United States of America and Winners Chapel have thrashed reports that Bishop David Oyedepo, the Founder and General Overseer of the Living Faith Church, was denied US visa.
Reports widely credited to Thisday emerged on Friday that the embassy denied Oyedepo visa and that the flustered bishop flew into a rage at the Embassy.
The Winners Chapel said the bishop still has a valid visa and was no where the Embassy on Thursday.
The United States embassy on its official Twitter page, @USEmbassyAbuja, described the reports as ‘false’.
”#FalseNewsAlert!’’ Be advised, the reports making the rounds about a visa being denied to Nigerian Bishop Oyedepo are false.
”If you have seen this manufactured item in the media, help defeat this #misinformation by communicating to everyone that it is completely false.”
The Living Faith Church, popularly known as Winners Chapel International, in a statement by the Chairman, Editorial and Media Board of Winners, Prof. Sheriff Folarin, further debunked the report.
According to him, the Bishop was at no time denied an entry visa into the US.
He also explained that Oyedepo still has a valid US visa on his passport and would not have applied for another one yesterday (Thursday).
