There was a mild spectacle and public outrage at the United States of America Embassy on Thursday as Bishop David Oyedepo, founder of Faith Tabernacle in Ota, Ogun State and Living Faith Church Worldwide, aka Winners’ Chapel International, was denied visa by the US Embassy.
Heaven was let loose when the obviously livid preacher and businessman, created scene whilst querying the grounds for his refusal.
The Bishop told the embassy he had been traveling to the states as far back as 1980s and had not violated any rules or committed any crime to have warranted being denied a renewal of his visa.
According to a source, he immediately sent for his bodyguards to get his phones so he could make some calls, but the embassy allegedly told him he could not make calls within the precincts of the visa-issuing section of the embassy.
Embassy sources however hinted of the possibility that the popular preacher might have made some calls to individuals that would intervene on his behalf and the visa eventually issued.
According to THISDAY report, ace comedian, Abovi Ugboma, popularly known as Bovi was issued a visa while his wife, Kris Asimonye, was denied
