Clergyman Apostle Chibuzor Chinyere, says he has forgiven former security boys, Happie Boys, who came online to accuse him of abandoning them in Cyprus.
The clergyman flew them to Cyprus on a scholarship after they were sacked from an eatery they were previously working for recording themselves dancing while on duty and posting the video online.
In a post shared online on Tuesday, June 13, the boys alleged that the clergyman has abandoned them. They alleged that he took care of them for six months when they got to Cyprus and has abandoned them since then. They also shared a voicenote of the clergyman cursing them.
In a post shared on his Facebook page, the clergyman explained that because of the Dollar rate, which became a heavy financial burden on him in paying school fees for over 4,000 persons on my scholarship programme, he decided to place the scholarship funding on hold to see if the dollar would fall. He stated that he communicated to all the parents and gave them options either to return to Nigeria and continue their studies or Benin Republic.
He added that he has forgiven Happie Boys and has asked them to return to any University in Nigeria or Benin republic to continue their education.
‘’I am Apostle Chibuzor Gift Chinyere, General Overseer of Omega Power Ministries (OPM).
I feel humbled by the level of appreciation I received from well meaning Nigerians on my good works in improving the lives of less privileged in Nigeria.
We all know the story of happy boys and how I intervened by sending them to Cyprus for studies. I felt at their age what they need is education not to work as security.
Because of the Dollar rate, which became a heavy financial burden on me in paying school fees for over 4,000 persons on my scholarship programme, I stopped funding to Wait and see if the dollar will come down. I also communicated to every parents and gave them options either to return to Nigeria and continue their studies or Benin Republic.
Now Because of God and as a father I have decided to forgive happy boys on whatever thing they Posted against me and the church. On this note I have decided to restore their scholarship to continue in any university in Nigeria or University in Benin Republic.
I have instructed the matron who I employed to take care of them to arrange their ticket to return to Nigeria.”