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Modele, wife of Biodun Fatoyinbo, founder of Commonwealth of Zion Assembly (COZA), says nobody can replace him either as her husband or pastor of the church.

She spoke hours after the pastor announced that he had stepped aside based on the rape allegation Busola, wife of Timi Dakolo, Nigerian singer, levelled against him.

Amid the controversy, Fatoyinbo canceled the church’s 7-day annual programme but said members were free to pray and fast.

Speaking at the church on Monday, Modele asked her husband to clear his mind of all doubts.

According to PUNCH, she told the congregants that Fatoyinbo remained their pastor despite the allegation.

“Pastor doesn’t want me to talk. It’s fine. I just want to say ‘we love you’. You are our pastor; nobody can take your place,” she said.

“We have strangers in this house — strange sons and daughters. But God will close the heavens over them in the name of Jesus.

“It’s always good to assure people that you love them, not only when you feel that everything is fine with them, even much more when you feel that they are not. You know your friends when you are in trouble. So, we don’t want you to doubt in your heart. As for Modele, until I see Jesus, my surname cannot change. So, you better calm down.

“We love you and you have always taught us well. You have always stood on that stage to teach us that even though anybody might be coming from anywhere, God loves them and accepts them. You have never preached condemnation; you have never preached that we cannot change or make it.

“Nobody on earth can take your place in our lives.”