BREAKING: MFM Secures Another Big Victory As Funke Ashekun Loses Appeal And Ordered To Pay $300k By US Court

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.

For MFM, it’s a major vindication. It is a huge and significant victory. This will hopefully bring closure to the damaging narratives spread about by Funke and her recruited allies against the General Overseer, Dr. DK Olukoya and MFM. For Asekun, it’s a humbling end to a legal battle that’s cost her dearly — both in reputation and in dollars. As it is, her reputation is now in tatters, her integrity, if there was ever one, dead and buried. Now, inevitably, she will have to recoil into her inner recesses and reassess her situation. She will have to reach the unfortunate conclusion that this was a battle she should never have started. But, it is too late now to turn back the hands of time, the law will take its full course.

 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