Gbenro Adesina
The Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) has suspended Rt. Reverend Rufus Victor Ajileye Adepoju as the Diocesan Bishop in charge of Ekiti West Diocese with immediate effect.
The suspension order was conveyed in a letter dated December 11, 2020, and signed by the Archbishop and Primate of the Anglican Communion, Most Reverend Henry Ndukuba.
Reverend Adepoju was alleged of sleeping with the wife of a priest placed under his employment and care.
According to the letter, the clergyman confessed to the affair at a meeting to investigate the scandal on December 10, 2020.
He was, therefore suspended from his duty as Diocesan Bishop for one year and barred from participating in all activities of the diocese for the period.
The embattled Reverend was urged to leverage his period of suspension to “seek the face of God”.
