Biodun Fatoyinbo snubbed investigation panel – PFN
23 August 2019 |
1:02 pm
The senior pastor of the Commonwealth of Zion Assembly Biodun Fatoyinbo has been accused of snubbing the investigation panel set up by Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria PFN.
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