Nigerian Concord Newspaper
This is not the best time for the Celestial Church of Christ, Metro Parish in the United States of America as the embattled shepherd of the parish, Venerable Superior Evangelist Michael Odubanjo has been fingered in the ongoing media attacks against the pastor of the church worldwide, Reverend EMF Oshoffa.
Apart from Oshoffa, a top member of the church in the United States who is also a Member of Pastor-in- Council, Mother-in- Celestial Ebun Enahoro is also a victim of the malicious media attacks initiated against the Celestial Church of Christ by VSE Odubanjo.
Investigation by this newspaper indicated that the trouble started when some allegations were made against Odubanjo which led to the termination of his duty tour in the United States of America as a shepherd in charge of Metro Parish.
Recall that the embattled Odubanjo was the HOD of the Celestial Church of Christ in Italy until November, 2024 that he was unceremoniously sacked by Pastor EMF Oshoffa over established allegations of sharp practices. His position was immediately given to VSE Ogunsan, another shepherd in Italy.
As a result of her benevolence and status as Member, Pastor-in- Council, Mother-in- Celestial Ebun Enahoro was able to facilitate Odubanjo’s posting as the Shepherd in charge of Metro Parish in the USA despite his immigration status. He assumed duties on November 29, 2024.
Immediately he assumed, Odubanjo reportedly continued with his dubious ways of life by forcefully hijacking funds meant for Thanksgiving, an action which wasn’t accepted by the Parochial Committee of the Parish.
According to our investigation, some shady deals found on Odubanjo angered members of the church and they started making official reports to Pastor EMF Oshoffa in Nigeria.
As a senior member of the fold, MiC Ebun Enahoro waded into the crisis between Odubanjo and members of the Parish for them to have peace. She reportedly advised the embattled shepherd to control only the items for thanksgiving and leave the funds therein for the church.
Despite spiritual counselling by Enahoro, the embattled Odubanjo remained adamant as he continued to siphoned funds meant for the development of the Parish.
Our findings also showed that Odubanjo started using a certain blogger, Emmanuel Akinyele who operates Celestial Prerogative blog to attack and post several defamatory reports against Pastor EMF Oshoffa and MiC Ebun Enahoro. Odubanjo has claimed that MiC Ebun Enahoro was behind his ordeals in the hands of his parishioners who fought for his removal as the shepherd in charge of Metro Parish.
In the process, Odubanjo reportedly threatened to scatter the entire Metro Parish before he will agree to quit as the shepherd in charge.
Nigerian Concord Newspaper was also briefed that VSE Odubanjo was able to use his power to divide the parish into two factions with one of the factions being loyal to him. He also refused to conduct an election for the selection of members of the parish Parochial Committee.
First week in January, 2025, VSE Odubanjo and the faction loyal to him which has some notable elders who are hell bent on destroying the parish held an online meeting with the blogger, Emmanuel Akinyele where he was tasked to blackmail MiC Ebun Enahoro as a way to discredit her.
After receiving several petitions and letter from members of the Parish, the Pastor of the Celestial Church of Christ worldwide, Reverend EMF Oshoffa on March 22, 2025 officially notified Odubanjo in a letter about the withdrawal of his posting in Metro Parish in Washington DC as well as the suspension of his clergy status worldwide.
To fight back, VSE Odubanjo arranged the faction of the parish which is loyal to him to issue a fictitious press statement where they rejected the Pastoral Order to withdraw his posting to the USA.
A source told this newspaper during investigation that: “Apart from many lies which Akinyele Emmanuel had published about Enahoro, the blogger who is presently answering questions for his defamatory reports at the DSS office in Lagos was also tasked VSE Odubanjo and his co-travellers to put out a story that MiC Ebun Enahoro was at a point receiving treatments for mental disorder at a medical centre in the USA”
Meanwhile, Nigerian Concord Newspaper visited San Antonio Behavioural Healthcare Hospital, located at 8550 Huebner Road, San Antonio TX 78240 USA, and records made available to our investigators showed that MiC Ebun Enahoro has never at any point in time been treated for such ailment as reported by Emmanuel Akinyele who has reportedly confessed to his interrogators at the DSS that he was actually contracted by VSE Odubanjo and some of the church elders in Metro Parish to publish those defamatory reports.