NNEWI — An Anglican priest of the Nnewi Diocese in Anambra State, Rev. Ogbuchukwu Lotanna, has resigned from his position as a priest of the church.
Rev. Lotanna, in his resignation letter, stated that he received a divine mandate to float a movement in support of polygamy, with a vision of reducing the rate of sexual sins in society.
He pointed out that polygamy is not a sin, contrary to what is generally being preached, noting that what God hates is divorce, and sleeping with another man’s wife.
According to him, God desired men to marry more than one wife, instead of going for someone’s wife or ladies they were not married to.
The priest who claimed that the Lord ‘opened’ his eyes to the issues pertaining to polygamy said the church had hidden this information from members for a long time and that it was high time people were told the truth.
He said, “It is obvious that the church, especially the Anglican Church, has been teaching against the concept of polygamy, but the Lord has opened my eyes to the reality that polygamy is not a sin.”
He, therefore, encouraged men to marry their ‘side chicks’ in order to escape hellfire, maintaining that the only thing wrong with polygamy was to stay in a church that was against the practice “because two cannot work together unless they agree.”
Rev. Lotanna, also a lawyer, disclosed that his new movement, which was aimed at encouraging polygamy, would be called ‘Gideonites’, while the place of worship would be called ‘Gideonites’ Temple’.
An indigene of Mbanagu Otolo Nnewi, Rev. Lotanna has ordained an Anglican priest on 22 December 2019 at the Cathedral Church of St. Mary’s Uruagu, Nnewi.
As of the time of writing this report, there has been no official reaction yet from the Anglican Diocese of Nnewi about the development.
