US Embassy Discards Report Of Bishop Oyedepo’s Visa Denial

The United States Embassy in Lagos has denied media reports that founder of the Living Faith Church, Bishop David Oyedepo, was on Thursday denied a visa.

The 65-year-old clergyman and his entourage were said to have been at the US embassy’s Lagos office to process the renewal of his visa.

Lagos Post Online had reported based on a report from ThisDay Newspaper that the embassy, however, denied him the document, stating that the he did not qualify for visa renewal. He was also urged to try again later.

He was said to have flared up and queried the embassy’s officials on the grounds for the denial.

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A source was quoted to have said that he argued he had been traveling to the US since the 80s and had neither violated any rule nor committed any crime that prompted the denial of his visa renewal.

The paper also reported that while ace comedian, Abovi Ugboma, popularly known as Bovi was issued a visa, but his wife, Kris Asimonye, was denied.

However, a statement by the embassy on Friday denied the report as it tweeted:

#FalseNews Alert! Be advised, the reports making the rounds about a visa being denied to Nigerian Bishop Oyedepo are false.

If you have seen this manufactured item in the media, help defeat this #misinformation by communicating to everyone that it is completely false.

#FalseNews Alert! Be advised, the reports making the rounds about a visa being denied to Nigerian Bishop Oyedepo are false.
If you have seen this manufactured item in the media, help defeat this #misinformation by communicating to everyone that it is completely false. pic.twitter.com/H1pDwhf9XW

— U.S. Mission Nigeria (@USEmbassyAbuja) January 31, 2020