Founder of Delta-based Christ Mercy Land Deliverance Ministries Prophet Jeremiah Fufeyin has reacted to the statement released by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC).
NAFDAC said on Sunday that Fufeyin’s claim that his miracle soap and water were approved by the agency was untrue, adding that he was deceiving members of the public.
However, in a statement shared on Fufeyin’s Facebook page on Sunday night, the church said the ministry is a law-abiding institution guided by the Nigerian constitution and that its spiritual products are part of religious beliefs.
“We also wish to state that Senior Prophet Jeremiah Fufeyin of Christ Mercy Land Ministry has never used NAFDAC name as an agency to deceive innocent members of the public, such claims and story being peddled by punch newspaper is purely unfounded in facts and narratives,” the statement said.
The church added that the only petition filed against it was by social media influencer Martins Otse, popularly known as Verydarkblackman, who called the church out for allegedly deceiving people with “miracle water and soap.”
The church said it has since sued VeryDarkMan before the FCT High Court on sundry allegations and matters.
Commenting on NAFDAC invitation, the church said: “As a law-abiding organisation, we did officially as an organisation write to NAFDAC headquarters office, Abuja on the short less than 12 hours’ time frame given to us to appear and by an official letter communicated our position in this matter to NAFDAC and then also sent another subsequent letter to NAFDAC.”
It added that its head of administration, Oguluoa Fufeyin, the concerned contractor to the church, Globod Table Water, and its legal representatives honoured the invitation of NAFDAC on September 2 at its Asaba headquarters office.
The church also claimed that: “The supposed nominal complainant to NAFDAC Asaba office forged the Church receipts to clothe himself with the right to bring a complaint before the NAFDAC office in this regard.
“We also wish to state that presently there is an ongoing police investigation of certain receipts that has indicted the nominal complainants to NAFDAC office, which same receipts is presumed to have been forged and used falsely in procuring the now investigated spiritual items by NAFDAC office.”