The Founder of Living Faith Church Worldwide, Bishop David Oyedepo, has shared details of a 1987 incident in Kaduna, where he said marijuana was secretly planted in his car in an attempt to implicate him.
Oyedepo recounted the experience in a video that circulated widely on social media on Tuesday, telling congregants how the plot was uncovered by his former driver, Clifford, who insisted on washing the vehicle that morning.
According to him, Clifford made a strange discovery while cleaning the car, removing the seat and finding a freshly wrapped substance.
“Some fellows planted marijuana in my car in those days, 1987, in Kaduna, at the mechanical shop, ” he said.
“I’ve never seen it in my life, so I wouldn’t know. My driver, who was my former driver, came in from Katsina, and he said, ‘Sir, let me wash the car this morning.’
“He was now a pastor. So he came, I’m going to wash the car. Mysteriously, he was removing the seat, I’ve never seen that kind of car wash in my life and found a freshly wrapped stuff. He opened it.
“Clifford ran to me, shivering, and I said, ‘What’s the matter?’ He said, ‘See, see, see.’ I said, ‘What is it?’ I said, ‘That’s one of the things my wife plants behind the house.’
“He said, ‘This is wee-wee.’ I said, ‘What is wee-wee?’ I came to know Jesus early, so I didn’t have the opportunity of knowing such things.”
He explained that the situation escalated later that night when policemen stopped him and attempted to search his car.
Oyedepo continued, “That night, I was returning home from the office, and the policeman who would salute me stopped me. I said, ‘Come on.’ I said, ‘What for?’ He said, ‘We want to check.’
“They went to the exact spot where that thing was kept. I said, ‘Shame on you.’ He said, ‘Sorry, sir.’”
The cleric said the incident strengthened his belief in divine protection, describing it as evidence of God’s power over evil plans. He stressed that many innocent people end up in prison due to similar schemes.
“No one can keep himself. We are kept by the power of God. There are many poor people in prison today who didn’t do anything.
“They just found themselves there by the scheming of the wicked. You will not fall victim. That’s why the earlier you know Him and work with Him, the better for you,” he said.
