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but also treated as an abomination that must not be identified with. A
senior member of the Christendom however feels otherwise and in fact
made a shocking revelation that will leave many gasping for breath.
For over four decades, 65-year-old Pastor Solomon Oladimeji has been
a shepherd in the vineyard. Apart from being the founder of Cherubim
and Seraphim Church, Orisun-Ayo, with branches at Alapere, Ketu, and
Odogunyan in Ikorodu area of Lagos, Prophet Oladimeji reveals that he
is also a top member of the Ogboni fraternity. He belongs to Saala
Ogboni Fellowship of Nigeria (SOFN) within the fraternity where he
occupies the position of Oluwo and the third in command to the overall
head of the fraternity.
I am not ashamed to confess my membership of the fraternity. Im
proud to be Ogboni member. In actual fact, being an Ogboni leader has
made me not only a good disciple of Jesus Christ, but it has also gone a
long way to make me a better citizen.
He proudly told Suns Tunde Thomas in an interview in which he talked
about his relationship with the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN,
members of his congregation, Ogboni and the Scripture among a host of
others. Apart from Oladimeji, another cleric who has also founded
several churches, Prophetess Eritosin and the paramount head of Saala
Ogboni, Olamilekan Ifayemi also opened up on their relationship with
Christendom. Below are excerpts:
When did you become a member of the Ogboni, and what
were the circumstances that prompted you to be a member?
Although, my journey as shepherd for Jesus Christs flock is over 40
years, I became a member of the Ogboni society over 20 years ago.
Initially, I was initiated into the Aborigine Ogboni fraternity, that is the
one they call Ogboni Ibile, but later I joined Saala Ogboni fraternity, and
since I made that decision, I have no regret.
As a member of Ogboni fraternity, my life is having a meaning. I have
prospered. My coast has been enlarged. Members of my congregation
are increasing everyday. I also thank God that due to my diligence as a
committed member, I have been able to rise to the enviable position of
Oluwo within the Ogboni fraternity.
Are your members, that is members of your church aware
that you belong to Ogboni fraternity?
What is there to be hidden? I am not ashamed of my association with
Ogboni Society, and I dont hide it from members of my church. They all
know that Im a leader in the Ogboni group. When you even come to my
house, I openly display my regalia as Ogboni chief. Let me quickly tell
you this, by making my members know that Im Ogboni member, it
makes me popular among them. They describe me as an open and
honest person. For that, many of them have been voluntarily coming to
me pleading to be initiated as a member of Ogboni fraternity.
Some people would think that you use charms on them?
Why should I use charm on them or to charm them as some people will
say? God forbid. Im a child of light; darkness or anything evil has no
place in my life or church. Your member will like you, when they know
that the power you are using to solve their problems is power from Jesus
Christ, my Lord and Saviour. I have never committed evil in my life and
I will never do so till the day my Lord calls me home.
Are you saying that charm doesnt exist?
No. Im not saying so. Charms do exist, but it depends on how you use it.
I used herbs and leaves combined with other items to prepare soap,
anointing oil for members and other people that are having spiritual
problems.
It is unfortunate that today a lot of Christians are suffering out of
ignorance. You see some saying it is what my pastor or what my prophet
tells me I believe. I will never use any soap, cream, oil by just any
minister of God, but only if those members know what those pastors are
doing.
Some of these pastors and prophets come to people like me to acquire
power to perform miracle and wonders. Some of them are even Ogboni
members like me. But they are hypocrites. I will never deny somebody
who is my benefactor, and that is why you see me wearing and
displaying beads and other items being used by Ogboni fraternity. To
me, what matters again is saving life, and it doesnt matter where you get
saved whether it is in the house of babalawo or any juju priest. We are
all calling on the name of the same God.
In my neighbourhood, both at Alapere and Odogunyan, many residents
know me both as a cleric and Ogboni leader. In fact, Baale of
Odogunyan, that is the community leader, knows me as the Oluwo of
Saala Ogboni. Im highly respected in the community. I joined the
Ogboni fraternity because I like their ways of life. They are decent
people. Contrary to misconception some people have about Ogboni, that
we are evil people. Far from it, rather I will say that Ogboni members are
not only children of Light, but we are also messengers of the Most High
God because, we dont kill but only save lives.
But some people believe Ogboni is evil, and that it is an
evil association condemned by the Bible.
Those who say so are ignorant. They have been brainwashed by our
colonial masters. But thank God, we are now in a different era, and we
can all be reading the Bible without relying or depending on what the
imperialist swould want us to believe in order to suit their own purpose.
Some will tell you that Ogboni is evil because they use juju, they still
carry out sacrifices of various forms by shedding blood of animals, and
birds. Some even out of ignorance say we eat human flesh. Rubbish. May
Almighty God forgive our traducers.
If you are talking about sacrifice, where did the Bible condemn sacrifice?
Let our accusers point it out either in the old or the New Testament.
Throughout my years at the seminary and the Bible school, I never come
across such.
Then the sacrifice you are talking about, on several occasion especially in
the Old Testament, sacrifices were carried out to atone for the sins of the
Israelites.
It was also often carried out when the children of Israel were looking for
one favour or another.
But coming down to the New Testament, dont mind those confusionists
who say that Jesus Christ, my own Lord and Saviour condemns
sacrifice, what a big lie. If you can still remember when Jesus Christ
himself was born the day His parents Joseph and Mary were taking Him
to the Synagogue, Joseph has to sacrifice doves, and pigeon. He took the
birds to the church. You can read in the book of Matthew and Luke.
So, if the parents of Jesus, my Master, the Author and Finisher of my
Faith were involved in sacrifice, why would I say I want to distance
myself from such?
Again, they accused us pastors of asking some people that have
problems to go and bathe in a running stream, what is wrong with that,
did such not happen in the Bible? Have we forgotten the story of
Naman, the Syrian Army General who had leprosy and was looking for a
cure, how Prophet Elisha asked him to go bathe inside River Jordan,
and Naman was healed after complying with the prophets instruction,
and this is why I said some people are dying due to ignorance.
Sacrifice is biblically ordained. I sacrificed animals and birds to offer
prayers to cure and heal people of their ailments.
When I pray for you and it is revealed to me that I should kill duck, cow
or even goat to offer prayers for you, I will tell you to make available
such animals for sacrifice, and the moment we do that, you receive your
healing.
When I kill fowl, goat, duck or even cow for sacrifice to heal somebody, I
have not in any way transgressed. Im only doing the will of Jesus Christ,
who is my personal Lord and Saviour. Whatever is outside the Bible, you
will never see me doing it.
Even in the book of Revelation, the use of leaves and herbs was
recommended for healing. And for those who describe Ogboni fraternity
as a cult, this is wrong. Ogboni is a society. We are transparent and
honest people. Ogboni abhors evil. We are organized and disciplined. A
cult is a group of people involved in secrecy, we are open to scrutiny. Let
those who out of hearsay say evil about Ogboni be bold and come to our
meeting and see whether it is true that we drink blood.
All those pastors saying rubbish about Ogboni are doing so to attract
membership.
You say you sacrifice animals, if that is what is needed for someones
prayers to be answered, but the Bible says Jesus has done that by His
death, are you not going against the Bible?
Far from it! Whatever I do as Ogboni Pastor is biblically ordained and
inspired. If you read your New Testament very well, Apostle Paul who is
regarded as one of the most dynamic evangelists of his era says that
without shedding blood, that there is no redemption. Am I the one that
put that in the Bible? Even when Jesus Christ was about to be dedicated,
His parents, Joseph and Mary took pigeons and doves to the church
which were slaughtered as a sacrifice.
You also read in several other places both in the Old and New Testament
where blood sacrifice took place. You remember the case of Cain and
Abel. I even read Bible before I carry out this killing of animals as
sacrifice in order to save souls.
You said you belong to Cherubim and Seraphim sect, is the
leadership of the church aware of your membership of
Ogboni fraternity, and again are members of the Christian
Association of Nigeria aware of your position in Ogboni?
I have never hidden my membership of the Ogboni group. The church
leaders are aware, and nobody has raised any eyebrow. Ive even used
my membership of Ogboni to win more souls for Christ. As for CAN
leaders both at Alapere, and in Odogunyan, I play prominent roles in the
affairs of the association. I pay my dues as and when due. I also sacrifice
my time and energy for evangelism. They respect me a lot.
There are also other pastors there who are fellow Ogboni members. But
I wont mention names here unless the situation warrants it. Just as Im
not ashamed of the gospel so also Im not ashamed of being an Ogboni
pastor.
Some pastors do come to us at Ogboni meetings seeking spiritual
assistance for their church grow in terms of membership. At other times,
they seek our help that their members will obey them or do whatever
they ask them to do without questioning their authority. But it is a big
shame that these pastors when they mount pulpits would be deceiving
their members by behaving and talking as if they are truly holy spirit-
inspired. They should learn to give credit to whom it is due.
Let me be bold in saying this that it is unfortunate that the church is full
of deceit today.
It is a big shame that many of these so-called men of God that claim that
they rely on the power of the Holy Spirit to do miracles are liars. They
are big liars.
Many of these pastors both within the orthodox and the Pentecostal fold
are members of Ogboni fraternity. They come to the Ogboni meetings
seeking powers which are given to them. We also have many profes-
sionals including lawyers, doctors, engineers, university lecturers,
imams, Islamic and Christian leaders, and traditional rulers as our
members. We dont discriminate. Our mission here on earth is to save
mankind.
Why do you think Ogboni has such powers that even pastors,
as you say, seek power from it?
Ogboni members derive power from God. We call on the name of the
supreme being which Yorubas called Olodumare. We call on Him and
He answers our prayers anytime we call upon him. We also get power
through some deities like Ogun, god of iron, Sango, god of thunder and
so on and so forth.
What matters most is to have purity of heart and mind. When your mind
is pure, when you call on God, He will answer your prayer. If God is not
with us, the power we use as Ogboni members will fail us.
Without Gods backing, there is nothing we can do. Ask those pastors or
any other person that have been to our meetings if we ever call on any
other name during our meeting than that of Supreme being, Olodumare.
As the saying goes, the taste of the pudding is in the eating, whosoever is
in doubt about what we do or wants to know whether I lie that God is
the source of our power should endeavour to come to our meeting. Saala
Ogboni runs an open-doors policy. You are welcome into our midst any
time.
You said Ogboni is not a secret cult; if so, why is it not
holding meetings openly as other religions?
It was in the days of the yore that Ogboni holds meetings in secret.
Today everything about us is open. We hold our general meetings on 1st
Sunday of every month in broad daylight.
During the meeting, we welcome new members, then we exchange ideas
on issues that will bring development to the society. We also conduct
vigils in the open like Christians and Muslims do. Just like their own, we
hold such vigils in our headquarters, local branches, but we conduct our
fellowship in the open. We hold such vigils in the second Sunday of
every month. As a reporter who is naturally inquisitive, you are invited
either our night vigils or general meeting as doing so will enable you to
have open mind while writing your report.
Christians believe in Christ, Muslims believe in Mohammed,
what does Ogboni believe in?
We believe 100 percent in Olodumare, the Supreme being, and it is from
Him we derive our power to do all things. However, we also believe in
lesser deities such as Ogun, Sango, Sonponna, and other deities which
are believed to be mediums through which we can also call on the name
of Olodumare. Ogboni strongly believes in the culture and traditions of
our forefathers. You can call us traditionalists.
As Ogboni pastor, what spiritual advantage do you have that
other pastors who are not Ogboni members dont have?
The advantages I have are enormous. You know when you are doing
something with purity of mind and purpose, God will answer your
prayers. Being an Ogboni pastor, I have 100 percent direct access to
Olodumare and when I call upon Him, He never disappoints, and that is
why you see some people that call themselves pastors, they cant see any
vision, they cant cure anybody, and that is why they come to our
members in the Ogboni fellowship to acquire powers to enable them
perform miracles.
You dont need to kneel down before me before I know who you are or
your problems. The moment I pray for you or you send a prayer request
from any part of the globe, I will know what your problems are and the
way out. But how many of these pastors can lay claim to such? The
moment you become a member you will be automatically qualified to
have or enjoy these powers.
As I said, Ogboni is not evil. We are not children of darkness, but that of
light. If we are evil, why is our membership increasing with even both
Islamic and Christian clerics seeking our assistance?
Pastors that are not Ogboni members will have problem of church
growth that is talking about membership, that is why in some churches
they dont have up to 30 members, whereas in other ones you see a
mammoth crowd.
For those who have large members, do you think it is by
their own power that they do it?
No. Several pastors come to us and we do what we call Aworo in Yoruba
for them.
Aworo is a kind of charm that draws crowd to a place. We do it for
pastors, and that is why you see many of them driving state of the art
cars. For those pastors that dont know their ways, you see them in
penury, drinking garri and coconut most of the time.
What is your educational background?
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What does educational background have to do with my work as a
servant of the Most High? However to satisfy your curiosity, I had
elementary education, and that was a period when standard six
certificate was of high quality than secondary school certificate today.
I was into private business of buying and selling textiles and wood when
God called me into His ministry. Initially I resisted because my business
was flourishing, but later I succumbed to Gods call.
Then, if you are asking about my educational background, which school
or seminary did Moses, Joshua, Elisha and Elijah attend? And yet were
they not great ministers of God who performed wonders? Even my
Personal Saviour and Lord Jesus Christ, did He attend any school?
To be a minister of God is not an academic issue but everything depends
on God who call you. If God does not call and you call yourself, your
ministry will not prosper. You will be living from hand to mouth, but
when it is God that called you to be a servant in His vineyard, you will
prosper beyond your own wildest imagination.
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