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Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, previous president of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) and creator of Word of Life Bible Church in Warri, Delta State, is noted as the bulk controller of a London-registered church business, while an earlier UK business bearing the exact same name was liquified without submitting accounts, according to Companies House records taken a look at for this report.
The records likewise expose inconsistencies in the birth years taped for the cleric throughout the 2 UK business filings, raising concerns about the consistency of the info included in the main register.
The active business, Word of Life Bible Church London Ltd, was included on December 17, 2024, under business number 16139909.
According to its individuals with considerable control register, Oritsejafor was alerted as an individual with substantial control on February 5, 2025. His stated level of control is taped as ownership of shares of more than 50 percent however less than 75 percent.
The entry determines him as a Nigerian nationwide residing in Nigeria, with his correspondence address noted as 10 Ayo Oritsejafor Street, GRA, Warri, Delta State.
The business is signed up as a personal business restricted by warranty and categorized under SIC code 94910, covering activities of spiritual organisations. Its signed up workplace is at 35 Roxley Road, London SE13 6HG.
Regardless of its category as a business restricted by warranty, the control register utilizes phrasing associating with share ownership to explain Oritsejafor’s interest. This is a point needing explanation since business restricted by warranty generally do not have share capital.
DIRECTORS AND CONTROL RECORDS
Business House records determine Uruemuesiri Takure, born in April 1974, and Tony Emmanuel Mene-Akpata, born in July 1967, as directors designated on the business’s incorporation date.
William Omavuayere Didimako, born in June 1966, was likewise selected a director and secretary on December 17, 2024. He resigned as a director on January 27, 2026.
Takure was at first entered upon the individuals with considerable control register on December 17, 2024, however the entry reveals that his status stopped on the exact same day.
That left Oritsejafor as the sole go-getter with considerable control tape-recorded in the register analyzed for this report.
The business had actually not submitted accounts in the records examined. Its very first accounts were due on September 17, 2026.
The lack of submitted accounts suggests the readily available files do not develop the business’s monetary position, income, expense, possessions or liabilities.
It likewise indicates the records analyzed do not supply enough proof to figure out the scale of the church business’s operations in the United Kingdom.
EARLIER UK CHURCH COMPANY DISSOLVED WITHOUT ACCOUNTS
The existing business is not the very first UK-registered entity to run under the name Word of Life Bible Church.
An earlier business, Word Of Life Bible Church (United Kingdom), was included on April 2, 2014, under business number 08973603.
Its signed up workplace was noted at 1 Haydock Close, Milton Keynes MK3 5LL, with a correspondence address at Unit 21a, Lloyds Court, North Tenth Street, Milton Keynes MK9 3EL.
Business House records reveal that the earlier business was consequently liquified. According to the records analyzed, it did not submit accounts throughout its life time.
Its directors consisted of Pastor Ayo Joseph Oritsejafor, selected on April 10, 2014; his spouse, Pastor Helen Oritsejafor, born in April 1966 and selected on the very same date; and Faith Aghogho Edjejovwo, born in April 1970.
The dissolution of the earlier business and the incorporation of a brand-new entity in December 2024 develop a succession in making use of the church’s name on the UK business register.
The offered records do not develop whether the 2 business had the very same possessions, liabilities, bank accounts, subscription, functional structure or monetary plans.
Nor do they develop why the earlier business was liquified or why the brand-new entity was integrated.
Those concerns would need additional documentary proof or information from the church.
3 DIFFERENT BIRTH YEARS APPEAR IN THE RECORDS
Another concern emerging from the files is the variation in Oritsejafor’s taped birth year.
The officer record connected with the earlier UK business notes his birth month and year as November 1953.
By contrast, the individuals with substantial control record for the more recent business notes November 1950.
Public biographical accounts have actually likewise associated the cleric’s birth with November 10, 1949, and November 10, 1950.
These records for that reason include various birth years for the very same called person.
The inconsistency does not, by itself, develop misbehavior or show that any filing is incorrect. It raises a genuine concern about which date is precise and whether the distinctions resulted from administrative mistakes, irregular info provided at various times or another description.
The records examined did disappoint a correction fixing the disparity.
TrackNews Online has actually not separately developed the factor for the clashing dates.
NO DOCUMENTED EVIDENCE OF LONDON PROPERTY OWNERSHIP
The business filings examined do not develop that Oritsejafor or either of the 2 church business owns a home in London.
Neither business’s readily available accounts offer proof of residential or commercial property ownership, and the records analyzed did not recognize a Land Registry title or Register of Overseas Entities entry connecting Oritsejafor personally, or either business, to a London home.
The addresses appearing in the filings are registered-office or correspondence addresses. Their addition in business records must not be translated as evidence that the cleric owns or lives at those homes.
The recorded UK business footprint developed by the records taken a look at is for that reason the earlier liquified business and the more recent active business, with Oritsejafor noted as the latter’s bulk controller.
The lack of proof in the records examined is not evidence that no home or other possessions exist. Developing the complete level of any UK properties would need extra searches and documentary confirmation.
THE 2014 PRIVATE JET AND $9.3 MILLION CASH CONTROVERSY
Oritsejafor’s name likewise ended up being popular in 2014 following the seizure of a personal airplane in South Africa.
On September 5, 2014, South African authorities took a Bombardier Challenger 600 airplane signed up as N808HG at Lanseria International Airport in Johannesburg. The airplane supposedly had $9.3 million in undeclared money aboard, crammed in 3 travel suitcases.
Records connecting to the airplane determined Eagle Air Company as its owner. The jet had actually supposedly been rented to Green Coast Produce Limited from August 2, 2014, before being worked with to John Ishyaku.
The debate brought in attention since Oritsejafor’s church acknowledged that the pastor held a recurring interest in the airplane. The church rejected that he was associated with moving the money.
Oritsejafor was not charged in connection with the event in South Africa or Nigeria, according to the info readily available for this report.
The cash was consequently gone back to the Nigerian federal government in July 2015.
The 2014 airplane debate refers historic public record, however it does not develop any connection in between the money occurrence and either of the UK church business.
No proof provided in the business records analyzed links the London entities to the airplane or the cash took in South Africa.
CONCERNS REMAIN FOR THE CHURCH
The Companies House files raise a number of concerns that call for explanation from Word of Life Bible Church and Oritsejafor.
These consist of why the earlier UK business was liquified without submitting accounts, what triggered the incorporation of the brand-new London entity in December 2024, and whether the brand-new business has actually begun considerable operations.
Information is likewise required on using share-ownership phrasing in the control register of a business referred to as restricted by assurance, in addition to the various birth years taped for Oritsejafor.
The lack of submitted represent the brand-new business indicates that its monetary position can not yet be evaluated from the files taken a look at.
These are concerns emerging from business filings, instead of evidence of monetary misbehavior.
TrackNews Online has actually not developed proof of scams, tax evasion or other criminal misdeed by Oritsejafor in connection with either UK business. The records offer premises for looking for explanation, however any conclusion about misbehavior would need more proof.
The cleric and the church needs to have a chance to discuss the inconsistencies and the history of the 2 business.
TrackNews Online will upgrade this report if substantive actions or extra documentary proof appear.
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