Bishop Oyedepo denied U.S. Visa

The United States Embassy has reportedly denied the General Overseer of Living Faith Ministries, Bishop David Oyedepo, a Visa.

A mild drama was said to ensued at the Lagos office of the Embassy of the United States Thursday as the senior pastor of Winners’ Chapel International, Bishop David Oyedepo was denied visa.

According to the report, the embassy did not give any other reason except the normal explanation that the Bishop did not qualify for visa renewal in its assessment and urged him to try again.

The Bishop is reported to have told the embassy he had been traveling to the states as far back as 1980s and had not violated any rules or committed any crime to have warranted being denied a renewal of his visa.

The incident comes amid reports that Nigeria has been added to a new list of countries banned from entering the US under new regime imposed by President Donald Trump.