Pastor Paul Eneche of Dunamis International Gospel Centre, Abuja, caused a stir last Sunday when he faulted the testimony of a lady who claimed to have acquired “BSC” degree in law.
Pastor Enenche, objected to the lady identified as Vera Anyim lack of fluency and her mischaractisation of her qualifications.
A video that went viral on Sunday showed Enenche doubting the lady’s credibility.
He said in the video that she looks like an impostor based on the fact she lacks a good command of English language and claiming to have “BSC” in law from the Open University of Nigeria. He asked the obviously embarrassed lady to step down from the pulpit .
However checks on the list of graduates who participated in the convocation on Saturday, April 13, included the lady’s name.
She was listed to have graduated with LLB Law.
There was mixed reactions on social media. Some users on X called on Pastor Eneche to apologise to the lady, and others blamed the lady for not knowing the title of her degree and not being able to express herself.
However, in a statement made available to the media Monday Pastor Eneche’s personal assistant Sylvester Udoh, said it was never his intention to disgrace Miss Ayim and has reched out to her personally.
“A scenario was created on Sunday the 14th April, 2024 at the Glory Dome, the Global Headquarters of Dunamis International Gospel Centre, when Ms Anyim Veronica Nnenna came out to testify of how God helped her graduate from the University, thus making her the first person to attain that feat in her family.
“These were the immediate triggers for the said scenario:First, listening to the testifier’s expressions as it borders on basic spoken English, conveys the impression that the minimum standard expectation of a graduate, especially a graduate of Law, was not met. Second, stating that she studied Law for 10 years begged the question of what her degree actually was.
“Third, she was unable to state exactly what the correct degree was for Law which is LLB, rather she said it was a BSc in Law which is largely unknown as a Law degree in Nigeria and possibly globally.These prompted the Senior Pastor, Dr. Paul Enenche to stop the testimony immediately as a product of a “lie.”
“However, relief came when it was later confirmed that she actually graduated from a university. It must be pointed out clearly here that embarrassing the testifier publicly with the attendant media frenzy was never intended; whatever happened was under the spur of the moment.
“The action of the Senior Pastor was rather based on his and the church’s aversion to seeming mediocrity and any appearance of untruth.
“While we remain resolute in our passion for excellence, intolerance of mediocrity and falsehood, we wish to reiterate the fact that no harm or hurt was ever intended by the Senior Pastor against Ms. Anyim Veronica.
“The Senior Pastor feels deeply concerned and had already reached out to her. As a Commission, we regret every inconvenience, hurt and embarrassment this unfortunate scenario has caused to Ms Anyim Veronica Nnenna.”
