{"id":702,"date":"2026-07-11T08:22:46","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T07:22:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mediaconversation.com\/?p=702"},"modified":"2026-07-11T17:02:30","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T16:02:30","slug":"fayose-warns-dss-against-detention-of-apostle-suleiman-bishop-oyedepo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mediaconversation.com\/?p=702","title":{"rendered":"Fayose Warns DSS Against Detention Of Suleiman, Oyedepo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Former Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose has warned the Department of State Services (DSS) against detaining Apostle Johnson Suleiman of Omega Fire Ministries and Bishop David Oyedepo of Living Faith Church.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fayose described any move to prosecute the religious leaders as a possible threat to peace and stability in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a statement issued by his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, the former governor alleged that the DSS planned to charge the clerics with incitement and public disorder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He accused the security agency of targeting individuals who express concerns about insecurity while failing to adequately address crimes committed by criminal groups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>READ ALSO:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/mediaconversation.com\/?p=667\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"667\">Rising Cost Of Living Forces Abraka Students To Adopt Survival Strategies<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fayose said authorities should focus on protecting Nigerians and addressing insecurity rather than restricting public voices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The DSS has not been reported to have confirmed the allegations contained in Fayose&#8217;s statement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose has warned the Department of State Services (DSS) against detaining Apostle Johnson Suleiman of Omega Fire Ministries and Bishop David Oyedepo of Living Faith Church. Fayose described any move to prosecute the religious leaders as a possible threat to peace and stability in the country. In a statement issued [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":704,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"iawp_total_views":2,"footnotes":""},"categories":[52,14],"tags":[31,32,25,172,138],"class_list":["post-702","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","category-trendingnews","tag-abraka","tag-church","tag-delsu","tag-fayose","tag-religion"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mediaconversation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/702","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mediaconversation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mediaconversation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mediaconversation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mediaconversation.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=702"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/mediaconversation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/702\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":763,"href":"https:\/\/mediaconversation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/702\/revisions\/763"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mediaconversation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/704"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mediaconversation.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mediaconversation.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mediaconversation.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}