As the French say, there are three sexes—men, women, and clergymen. But the last clergymen to be precise, severally stretches Sydney Smith, late British cleric’s humorous take about the exceptionality of clergymen. The modern cleric frequently affirms renowned poet, Alfred Tennyson’s ageless witticism about the curate who outrageously looms fatter than his cure. A trip through Nigeria’s Pentecostal arena offers a pilgrimage of sort.
There is little difference between many Nigerian pastors and social butterflies. Besides tripping over one another in their mad scramble for the spotlight, most of them spend their time seeking invitations to social functions, playing golf with the filthy rich, celebrating jubilees, acquiring expensive cars among other choice property and reading the death notices in desperation, in case they can’t find a lavish funeral to attend. Besides these fascinating preferences, a few pastors have perfected the art of throwing lavish parties like nightclub managers. These later band of Nigerian pastors sure know how to have fun. They know how to rock. And Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo is no doubt one such rocker.
Pastor Fatoyinbo of the Abuja-based Common Wealth of Zion Assembly (COZA) church celebrated his birthday at the seven-star Burj Al Arab hotel in Dubai on January 22, 2016 in a grand way and he followed it up with an all white yacht party which had Dr Mike Murdock, Pastor Korede Adams, Tye Tribett, Anny, among many others in attendance. It was a classy affair and one of the most expensive parties in Dubai in recent times.
Pastor Fatoyinbo’s recent shindig no doubt affirms the notion that contemporary Nigerian pastors are always ready to rock as their vanity dictates. They nurture no restriction in living up the high life.
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