No deportation order against me, says Nigerian-born pastor Tobi Adegboyega

A Nigeria pastor, Tobi Adegboyega, has dismissed claims that he was about to be deported from his current base in the United Kingdom.

Adeboyega, who recently lost his battle against deportation from the UK over an alleged £1.87 million fraud, said the allegations levelled against him are baseless and should be dismissed.

In December, an investigation by the UK Charity Commission found “serious misconduct and/or mismanagement in the administration” of his church.

PUNCH Online reports that an immigration tribunal ruled that Adegboyega should be deported to Nigeria after investigations exposed the misuse of funds by his church.

In an interview with the BBC published on Friday, the founder of the SPAC Nation church dismissed the allegations, saying that fraud allegations against him came from “disgruntled members” of his church.

“It is false. They have been on this thing for the past four years.

“If you have 1,000 people in a place, are you telling me 30 people will not be disgruntled? How on earth do you run an organisation without disgruntled people?” he asked.

Speaking further, Adegboyega dismissed reports of a deportation order, adding that the case was an “ongoing issue”.