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| Pastor Joshua Iginla |
Pastor Joshua Iginla,
Senior Pastor, Champions Royal Assembly, Kubwa, Abuja, has given ₦5 million to
Jamila Yusuf, 26, who was allegedly bathed with acid by her fiancé.
Media
report continues:
Iginla
also gave a new Peugeot 501 to a Nollywood actor, Mr Ayo Emmanuel, popularly
known as “Nollywood Policeman”.
Iginla,
who made the presentation to the beneficiaries at the Church service, also
pledged to sponsor the reconstructive surgery for the acid victim in India.
The
Pastor explained that the total sum required for the surgery was about ₦10
million and encouraged people to contribute to save the victim’s life.
He,
however, pledged to complete the money by next week with another ₦5 million if
the balance was not raised by then.
“I
think Nigerians should rise up to defend the rights of women; to lay your hands
on a woman is injustice.
“I
just don’t know how a man can do this (pour acid) on a lady; some people are
just animals; how can you disfigure a lady like this.
“We
have hundreds of them (women) like this that they have done this wickedness to.
“I
am not doing this for her because she is a member of my Church; I don’t know
her from anywhere; she’s even a Muslim and not a Christian.
“We
are only doing this to preach love and not to convert her to Christianity after
her surgery in India,” he said.
The
Cleric said he would sponsor the trip, feeding and everything that was required
for her to live a normal life.
“We
are working to get them visa this week to go to India; we will pay every bill.
“I
already have 10,000 U.S. dollars and by next Sunday, I will complete it.
“This
is an opportunity to show love to your neighbour because she’s not a Christian;
your neighbour must not necessarily come from your religion or ethnic group.
“This
is the problem with the country; we think the person who comes from my religion
or ethnic group is the only one that is my brother or sister.
“It
is not that we have the whole money in the world but this is a spirit of
giving,” he said.
A
medical doctor who followed up her case, Dr John Eghosa, said she had chemical
burns and has had surgery at the National Eye Centre, Kaduna, to preserve her
eyes.
According
to him, she has a 60 per cent burns on her face and 10 per cent burns on her
body.
Presenting
the car to Emmanuel, Iginla expressed concern that many Nollywood actors and
actresses were suffering due to piracy.
“The
level of piracy in this country is serious; I hope government will do something
about it.
“These
Nollywood actors and actresses are Nigeria’s ambassadors who are projecting the
image of the country to the world favourably.
“Many
of them have died prematurely because they are hardworking but piracy has
crippled them.
“We
enjoy watching their films but we watch them when they are helpless with none
to help them.
“You
think they are rich just because they act rich men’s and women’s roles but many
of them get ₦50,000 for a role and they may not get another role until about
three months later,” he said.
Iginla
enjoined Nigerians to assist those in need, saying “I give because I rose from
grass to grace; so I understand that I will only live in one house and ride
only one car at a time”.
Iginla had in May, given
out 32 exotic cars to people, including many Nollywood actors and actresses as
well as 22 cars in 2015.
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