Foursquare Gospel Church, Nigeria has suspended one of its Pastors, who is also a lecturer in University of Lagos (UNILAG), Dr Boniface Igbeneghu for his involvement in sex-for grade scandal.

The suspension was disclosed in a statement issued today by the National Secretary of the church, Rev Ikechukwu Ugbaja.

Igbeneghu was exposed by an undercover British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) journalist.

As result of the revelation by an undercover BBC journalist, he was immediately suspended by the Foursquare from all ministerial assignments, promising to thoroughly investigate the allegation and take appropriate sanctions.

Meanwhile Foursquare has dissociated itself from the “heinous and unscriptural acts” of Igheneghu.

“The attention of the leadership of the Foursquare Gospel Church in Nigeria has been drawn to a video clip trending on social media platforms titled, ‘Sex for grades: Undercover in West Africa Universities – BBC News’ wherein a lecturer at the University of Lagos named Boniface Igbeneghu, also described as a pastor in Foursquare Gospel Church, was allegedly involved in sexual misconduct with some female students of the university,” the statement reads in part.

It continued, “Igbeneghu, a Foursquare pastor, caught on camera grooming a minor .The general public is hereby informed that as holiness and Bible-believing church, we do not condone such heinous and unscriptural acts among our ministers.

“We totally dissociate ourselves from the purported conduct of Dr Igbeneghu and promise to take appropriate measures as soon as the ongoing investigation is concluded.

“Meanwhile, the pastor in question has been asked to step down from all ministerial assignment.”