3rd October, 2024
By Taiwo Okanlawon
The General Overseer of The Lord’s Chosen Charismatic Revival Ministries, Lazarus Muoka, has called out controversial social media influencer, Martins Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan, for allegedly criticising his church.
Last month, a viral social media clips showed church members sharing strange testimonies.
In one video, an elderly woman claimed four armed robbers attacked her but miraculously gained control of their guns.
A church member recently argued the testimonies are “verifiable” and referenced businessman E-Money and the Bayelsa governor as witnesses.
In a video, the man warned critics to stop mocking the church, citing the risk of facing God’s wrath.
“Let me make an input so that people who want to make money from the videos can stop it,” he said.
“It is not good for your image, it might affect you tomorrow and you come to the altar of Lord Chosen to kneel before the God of Chosen and apologise.
The clips sparked skepticism and questions about the authenticity of the church members’ testimonies.
Speaking to his congregation in a recent video, Mouka said he was told that the activist “made negative comments about my church”.
The cleric alleged that the social media influencer said “Chosen members will learn the hard way”.
Mouka said he told the person “VeryDarkMan is learning something today in a hard way” — implying that the activist is in a difficult situation due to his remarks about Chosen.
“Somebody came to talk to me and said ‘Pastor, do you see this man that is talking against us? The man said Chosen people will learn something the hard way,” he said.
“And he mentioned the name of the man and he is called VeryDarkMan. I said no, Chosen will not learn something the hard way and that he is the one who will learn something the hard way.
“I didn’t speak evil of him. I only made a statement. I don’t want to speak evil, because if I say anything negative or evil, it will happen immediately.
“I cannot speak evil against any man but I’m telling you that VeryDarkMan is learning something today in a hard way. I didn’t say that in order to punish him, I only said what he said.
“If God’s anointed gets angry with you, you are finished.”
Mouka’s remarks came amid VeryDarkMan’s controversy involving Bobrisky, the crossdresser, rapper Falz, and his father Femi Falana, as well as some officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS).