Bishop David Oyedepo wins N2 billion 'slapping' case

Bishop Oyedepo thursday morning, July 12 won his N2 billion assault case in court after Justice Ojo of the Ogun State high court dismissed the case on the grounds that the application lacked merit and that the 'slapped lady' remains a ghost victim.

Consequently, he struck out the N2billion suit slammed on the founder of the Living Faith Church, Bishop David Oyedepo, for "slapping" a young lady during a church service in 2009.

Robert Igbinedion, a Lagos based lawyer who filed the suit on behalf of the young lady, had asked the court to award N2billion as 'general and exemplary damages' against the Bishop. However, during the hearing of the case, Dele Adesina, counsel to Bishop Oyedepo, had complained to the court that they did not have a photograph and the video where the Bishop slapped the young lady.

Mr. Adesina had argued that there was nothing to show that the young lady who was slapped in the video who had been dubbed ‘Miss Justice’ in the course of the suit is a living person. “We humbly submit that ‘Miss Justice’ is a fictitious person, not capable of being represented in court. For the applicant to establish that he is suing on behalf of another person, that person must be determinable and identifiable,” Oyedepo's counsel added.

Delivering judgment, Justice Ojo struck out the case, saying the application lacked merit on many grounds. He awarded a N20,000 cost against the applicant.