The gavel has fallen,
and it’s game over for Funke Asekun. Everyone saw this coming. Every discerning and unbiased mind who followed the story closely knew it was destined to hit nowhere else
but a brick wall. The only person who couldn’t see what was coming was Funke. And
her husband. Even her former ally turned foe, Aunty Adunni, saw this coming too.
She warned Funke last week that her appeal was dead on arrival. She was right.
In a decisive blow, the Maryland
Court of Appeals has dismissed Funke Asekun’s appeal, bringing finality to a
high-profile defamation case that has been closely watched within the Nigerian
diaspora community in the United States and across the world.
The jaw-dropping final
ruling took place on May 7, 2026, when the Court tossed out Asekun’s appeal and
locked in the $300,000 punitive damages awarded to Mountain of Fire and
Miracles Ministries (MFM) USA and its General Overseer, Dr. Daniel Olukoya.
The saga began after
Asekun made damaging public allegations about MFM, defaming the ministry’s
reputation and that of Dr. Olukoya. The jury didn’t buy it — not for a second.
In a unanimous verdict, they hit her with a massive $300,000 penalty as
punishment for the damage done.
But Funke Asekun,
defiant and delusional as ever, wasn’t ready to give up. She believed she indeed
had a good case. Encouraged by her army of followers and sycophants, she took
the fight to the Appeal Court, reportedly crisscrossing the globe and pleading
for funds in a last-ditch effort to overturn the ruling. The money didn’t come.
The court didn’t budge.
Now the Appeal Court
has spoken loud and clear: appeal DENIED. Case DISMISSED. Judgment STANDS.
For those
who are not familiar with the story, Funke Ashekun is a former MFM member
turned enemy of the ministry. Incidentally, many will be shocked to know she
remains one of those, who, as a former member, had benefited the most from both
Dr. Olukoya and the ministry. Today, Funke Ashekun is not just an unrepentant
adversary of the ministry and its founder, she also leads a large army of
allies and co-haters of MFM whose covenant with Funke Ashekun is brutally
simple - pull down Olukoya and MFM at all cost even if it's the last thing you
do! And what is their biggest weapon? Lies! Blatant, baseless, inconceivable
lies! Funke and her cohorts concoct some of the most despicable allegations
and, motivated by huge monetary inducements from Funke, they agree to either
appear in court to testify against Dr. Olukoya and MFM or go on social media to
spew all manner of lies against the man and his church. Either way, they get
handsomely rewarded by Funke for their efforts. But now, the cookie,
like they say, has begun to crumble. Funke Ashekun is in big trouble, her camp
is in disarray. She is paying dearly for her sins against a man that did her no
wrong. It is only a matter of time that the chicken will come home to roost and
how she will survive the damning consequences of her actions remains to be
seen.
Now, sadly, Funke will
realise a little too late that, in the eyes of the law, defamation comes with a
price tag, and this time it’s a staggering $300,000 in damages. How will she raise
this money? Where does she turn to now? Let no one pity Funke, she knew what she
was getting into when she started this charade of a war against MFM and
Olukoya. She declared a war that she knew could consume her and everything she
ever worked for. She walked into it with her eyes wide open…
-------WALE LAWAL
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