Tensions boiled over during last Sunday’s service last week when Muyiwa Oluponna, who claims to be the son of the church’s founder, disrupted the congregation in an attempt to assert himself as the parish shepherd.

It was gathered that Oluponna seized the microphone from the acting shepherd, Adetayo Adetola, during his sermon.

He claimed an exclusive right to deliver sermons on the second Sunday of every month, further declaring himself the rightful leader of the church.

A video of the incident, which quickly went viral on social media, showed Oluponna and several church members locked in a heated argument, with the service descending into disorder.

The Celestial Church of Christ (CCC) parish has been temporarily shut down for 40 days following a leadership crisis involving a family member of the church’s founder and the parish’s authority.