Founder/presiding pastor of Salvation Ministries David Ibiyeomie has thanked the presiding bishop of Living Faith Church Worldwide David Oyedepo for bringing direction to his ministry.
Ibiyeomie, 61, stated this in an Instagram post on Friday to celebrate Oyedepo’s 70th birthday.
The clergyman also thanked Oyedepo for the privilege of access to him.
“Happy Birthday, Dad. Thank you for the sacrifice of alignment. Thank you for the privilege of access. Thank you for gift of fatherhood and mentorship. Thank you for bringing light and direction to my life and ministry,” he wrote.
“As you celebrate 70, I pray that you will celebrate greater years of impact and exploit. I love you Papey.”
Ibiyeomie, who is one of Oyedepo’s spiritual sons, attended the praise night held earlier this week to thank God for his mentor.
Recall in 2022, the Port-Harcourt-based cleric threatened to “kill” anyone who insulted Oyedepo.
He said, “There are people you insult, I won’t forgive you. In human life, the first person you will insult that I won’t forgive you is Oyedepo.
“Insult me, insult my wife, I don’t care but if you take your mouth to touch my wife, you are touching me. If you insult Oyedepo I will kill you, that’s how God is. You know why? If Bishop Oyedepo was not alive, my Christianity would have been nonsense.
“He made me love Christianity. Can you be alive and somebody is insulting your father?… Don’t you see how I tore that beast to pieces? I will tear you to pieces. I will fight you spiritually, fight you everywhere, fight you (in the) law court, till they send you to jail.”
Ibiyeomie, in 2020, threatened to arrest media personality Daddy Freeze for criticising Oyedepo.