Mountain Of Fire And Miracles Ministries General Over Daniel Olukoya Falsely Claims Residence of US State Of Maryland

The General Overseer of Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries (MFM), Daniel Olukoya has reportedly falsely affirmed himself to be a legal resident of the State of Maryland in the United States for business purposes, official court documents show.

Olukoya reportedly made the claim in the Articles of Incorporation of the church in Baltimore in 2002.

In the Articles of Incorporation filed with the State of Maryland Department of Assessment and Taxation, Olukoya was alleged to have claimed to be a Resident Agent for Service for MFM Baltimore, and personally signed the Articles in that capacity.

In case you don’t know,  the laws of the State of Maryland require all corporations or organisations applying for registration in the State to designate a person or organisation, who must be a legal resident of the State of Maryland, as Resident Agent for Service. The Resident Agent for Service of any organisation is primarily to receive court and other legal processes for and on behalf of the organisation.

Contrary to the above stipulations, a SaharaReporters investigation revealed that Olukoya is not and has never been a legal resident of the State of Maryland.

The Articles of Incorporation containing the man of God’s alleged false declaration came to light in the filings before the Circuit Court for Prince Georges’ County of the State of Maryland in an ongoing lawsuit instituted by MFM International (Lagos) against Lawrence Adetunji and Ronke Adetunji, two former pastors of MFM Bowie, Maryland. Also joined in the suit are 11 former members of the church, as well as Christ the Truth Ministries.

In their Motion to compel the testimony of Pastor Olukoya (see a copy of the Motion here), the defendants stated that they requested his presence at deposition or trial via a subpoena served through the plaintiff’s (Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries International’s) attorney, but the plaintiff refused to produce Olukoya for that purpose.

“The purported grounds that plaintiffs have cited in refusing to produce Olukoya is that he is ‘not a party’ to the litigation and that he ‘resides in Lagos, Nigeria’ and is therefore beyond service of process by the court,” the defendants’ motion further states.

They argue that Olukoya’s testimony is crucial in the case because he is the signatory of at least three documents that are central to their defence in the case.

They further assert that Olukoya is a Resident Agent for Service for Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries, Baltimore, as demonstrated in that Church’s Articles of Incorporation. According to the claim, as Resident Agent for Service in the State of Maryland, Olukoya has subjected himself to Maryland State Courts’ jurisdiction and therefore is not beyond service of process by the court.

The defendants are therefore requesting the court to issue a subpoena to compel the attendance of Olukoya for deposition and at trial because his testimony is necessary for the purpose of justice in the case.

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As of the time of filing this report, the plaintiffs, MFM International have not filed a response to the defendants’ motion. Contrary to an earlier report, the trial is scheduled to start next Monday, October 23.

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