“Let me acknowledge that my mistake was that I externalised a personal message in public; and I am awfully sorry for doing that.”
As being circulated, it
was reported that Evangelist Tope Alabi is now out to make peace with Yinka
Alaseyori and others in the feud that has taken over social media for some time
now.
The circulated piece from Tope Alabi read thus: Initially, I
didn’t want to delve into the controversy over the gospel hit song, “Oniduro,”
because I have intervened behind the scenes in concert with other stakeholders
in gospel music ministry. However, I discovered that online media would not
allow the dust to settle calmly.
I want to state that Tope Alabi, Adeyinka Adesioye a.k.a Alaseyori and Tolu
Adelegan are all members of the same family of God and they belong to the same
calling – singing ministry.
“Adeyinka is my daughter in ministry. Her Pastor asked me to
pray for her because she took after me, which I did wholeheartedly.
Envy who? Never!
I love the girl so much.
She can confirm to you, sir, that
we relate so well. God has given each of us the grace to go as far as His
enablement could carry us. The atmosphere is wide enough for everyone to
stretch her wings of gift without disturbing one another.”
“……I’m being bombarded with calls and visits by Pastors since
Monday morning till now. As we speak, another group of Pastors are coming in
now. I guess it is because of this same issue.
“……I have been inundated with diverse counsel from different
quarters. I hardly sleep since this matter started. While I attend to Nigerian
fans on phone calls and online chats in the daytime, our people in the Diaspora
will engage me throughout the greater part of the night over the same matter.
“…..I’m not a perfect person yet, I’m still a work in progress
in the hands of God. I want people to see me as a mere mortal with my own
weaknesses, human frailties and as a learner in the limitless knowledge of God.
I am who I am today only by the mercy of God and the support of millions of
gospel music lovers. I have no support base elsewhere outside the awesome
Nigerians who feel uncomfortable with my statement.
I see the depth of anger as the measure of their love, admiration and solid
support for me and for all of us in the singing ministry.
“Let me acknowledge that my mistake was that I externalised a
personal message in public; and I’m awfully sorry for doing that. My friends,
colleagues and leaders in ministry who criticized me either openly or privately
simply feel disappointed because of the love we share. We are too knitted in
the Body of Christ to allow anything to divide us. Human factor is part of our
life.
“For those who keep quiet but chose to intercede for us on their knees instead,
may God honour them all. And for those who defended me even without speaking
with me, I can’t appreciate them enough.”
“…… Sister Tolu Adelegan is a woman I hold in high esteem.
Adeyinka, like I said earlier, is my daughter in ministry, they are all
valuable sisters and associates that nothing can separate us. This is a mere
fog, it will fade away in no time.
“For the comic fellows who are already releasing comedy skits
over the matter, I burst into laughter (she laughed again) watching some today.
What a creative people we are. Nigerians are awesome minds who will fashion out
tension relieving stuff from every situation.
…I appreciate them all. The Bible says in Hebrew 12: 14 that we should pursue
peace with everybody and holiness, those are the conditions for us to see God.
This is the acceptable path for all of us to follow…”
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