Taiye Adekan, a former member of Abba’s Heart Ministry, the
embattled Instagram prayer group, has addressed claims of his involvement in
the disappearance of Ejiro.
The issue became public knowledge after entrepreneur Nkechi
Harry-Ngonadi raised the alarm about Ejiro’s disappearance after joining the
“special prayer group”.
She also accused the prayer group of brainwashing Ejiro,
isolating her from family and friends, and convincing her to sell her
properties and hand over the proceeds to them.
Ovie Daniels, Ejiro’s brother, revealed that Adekan and his
family had been living in Ejiro’s house, fueling suspicions about the cleric’s
involvement in her disappearance.
In a series of videos, Adekan said he joined the ministry in
2021 after an invitation from a friend who was a co-founder.
He said he later became part of the ministry’s workforce
and, within months, was asked by Joy Solomon, the group’s founder, to take over
leadership.
Adekan, who identifies as a bishop, said he initially
refused to take the role before eventually accepting it and was even instructed
to quit his job and commit to full-time ministry.
“We went for a prayer retreat at Ife, we went to Mount
Camel, and around that period, I was told that I would need to stop working and
go into full-time ministry. When Joy Solomon told me, I prayed about it and I
felt peace about it as well,” he said.
“I resigned from employment and focused on ministry full
time, and that took effect from October 2022. Now, without a 9-5, it was pretty
difficult. We had to manage family and everything, the children’s school,
feeding, utilities, and all that.”
Adekan alleged that Solomon pressured him and his family to
give up their belongings and vacate their home, leaving them homeless for seven
months.
He said he met Ejiro through Solomon, who presented an
unusual housing opportunity. According to him, Solomon claimed Ejiro was
relocating abroad and wanted to “sow her property as a seed to the ministry”.
“It was in the middle of looking for a house that was when
she called me and said Bishop Taiye, you might not need to look for a house.
Something came into the picture, and that was how Ejiro came into the picture,”
he said.
“Before now, I had not seen Ejiro physically. I did have an
interaction with her sometime ago, but I did not know she was the one. She had
reached out to me asking for prayers for her mum, who was supposed to go into surgery,
and I prayed with her; that was all I knew.
“I did not know her personally, and I do get some of those
requests from time to time, almost every day. That was my only interaction with
Ejiro before this particular case, where I actually met her through Joy
Solomon.
“Joy Solomon said there is one of our members in Abuja who
wants to leave her house. If you would like, you can go and check it out. If
you like it, you can take up occupancy of that residence and pay the rent.
“She added a sweetener to it in that ‘this person is looking
to relocate out of the country, and she would not need her properties anymore’.
She has decided to sow the properties as seed to the ministry, so I may not
need to furnish the house I’m getting, all I need to do is pay for the rent she
is not interested in paying.
“But she was interested in retaining tenancy of that house,
and she would go back and tell them she wants it now.”
He said he was skeptical about the arrangement, particularly
the issue of subletting, fearing complications with the actual landlord.
“All I had to do was wire the money into her account. I was
skeptical about it because I did not like the issue of subletting, because I
have had people where the landlord would say I do not know you, it’s the main
tenants I know,” he said.
Adekan also denied any knowledge of Ejiro’s whereabouts,
arguing that he and his family had left the ministry and were also victims of
Solomon’s influence.
Adekan’s wife also shared her side of the story,
corroborating her husband’s claims and adding disturbing details about
Solomon’s demands.
She also shared receipts of rent payments made to Solomon
for Ejiro’s house, countering allegations that they had taken over the property
unlawfully.
“I am Taiye’s wife. The reason why we’ve not come out to
speak is because my husband has been speaking with Monique (Ejiro’s sister),
they were on call yesterday night,” she wrote.
“Contrary to what is circulating, we were also victims of
Joy Solomon. My husband was a member of the ministry. Our saving grace was that
we refused to block our family members (parents and siblings), including some
other instructions that were not aligned with us, and that was why we left.
“She told us that we were disobedient to Abba’s instructions,
and we have failed all the tests he’s putting us through. In 2023, she had us
give out our properties, and we were living in a motel until last year.
“We had wanted to go rent our own apartment, when Joy
Solomon reached out to my husband that someone wants to give her properties to
the ministry cos she’s relocating. So she told my husband that we should just
pay rent and move in instead of renting a new place and packing our belongings
to our new space.
“The reason why people are not referring to us as missing is
because we refused to isolate our family. At a point, she even told me that my
dad wants to kill my husband, so I should block him and my siblings so that
they won’t be able to reach us.
“She bought new SIM cards for us and registered them and
told us to dispose of our old SIM cards and start using the ones she bought for
us. Of course, we refused, and so did my husband… It’s time to leave these
people.
“At the time of leaving, I was pregnant, and this led to my coming down with preeclampsia. My blood pressure shot up to 180/100, so we had to do an emergency CS to save my baby’s life.”
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