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CEO of Sweethome Africa Humanitarian Foundation and foundation member of Aso Rock Villa Chapel, Rev. Austine Epunam, has debunked the news making the rounds in the social media that Aso Villa Chapel would soon be shut as a result of the Muslim-Muslim ticket of the in-coming Bola Tinubu’s administration.
He described the rumour as unfounded, baseless and the figment of the imagination of mischievous and unscrupulous persons.
Epunam said it was in the bid for justice and spiritual balance to reign in Aso Rock Presidential Villa that former president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, painstakingly built the Aso Rock Villa Chapel with the support of the private sector.
He said prior to Obasanjo’s presidency in 1999, Aso Rock Villa did not have a single place of worship for Christians.
“So, anyone who knows the history and story behind the Aso Villa Chapel cannot open his mouth and speak lightly of the place. It took a lot of presidential and spiritual stamina to build the Chapel and for people to start worshipping there; it is not a place that can be easily shut down.”
Epunam who is equally the National Champion of OCI Foundation, which is fighting against breast and cervical cancer in Nigeria and beyond warned against the use of religion and ethnicity by politicians to divide Nigeria.
“We should all stand firm in defence of the fatherland and to eschew all forms of divisive tendencies, because if Nigeria gets better, it is for the good of all tribes and religions. My advice is for all Nigerians to get ready for the new Nigeria that is coming up speedily. We rise by lifting others…All the alters in the Villa, both the Mosques and Christian Chapel have all come to stay for spiritual services of our nation and her citizens, especially residents of the State House,” he said.
He commended the past and present Chaplains of the Villa Chapel including Pastor Yusuf Obaje; Rev. Dr. William Okoye; Ven. Obioma Onwuzulumba and Seyi Malomo.
