Founder of Living Faith Church, also known as Winners’ Chapel, Bishop David Oyedepo, has dismissed speculations that his aircraft was bought using church members’ offerings.

In a trending video, reportedly recorded in 2024 but resurfacing on social media, Oyedepo clarified that the aircraft acquisition was an act of divine provision rather than financial planning, fundraising or personal ambition.

He emphasised that no pressure was placed on church members to contribute, stating, “The offering didn’t buy it oo! God bought it. There was no person contacted under heaven. No! God said it and I believe it and that settles it.”

The cleric further asserted that the purchase was not driven by personal ambition but by divine orchestration. He recalled that had God asked him about acquiring an aircraft, he would have hesitated, as it wasn’t something he planned for.

He said, “It wasn’t an ambition, it was an unveiled divine agenda. If God asked me ‘David, when do you want that aircraft to be bought?’ I would have said ‘God, take it easy, take it easy, we are not near ready. Aircraft?

“’Okay, let me find out first how much they sell it.’ He didn’t give us the room to find out. Not the aircraft that would go from here to Ilorin or Ogbomosho.”

Oyedepo announced in 2024 that the Federal Government approved the construction of an airstrip for Faith Tabernacle, Canaanland.