A former Kogi State Senator, Dino Melaye, has shared his displeasure over the absence of Bishop David Abioye from Shiloh 2024, the annual gathering organised by the Living Faith Church Worldwide.

The politician took to social media to condemn the development, adding that the retirement of Bishop Abioye, a younger senior pastor, raises questions about the church’s leadership structure.

He wondered why David Oyedepo, who is older than Abioye, remains at the helm of leadership while Abioye has retired.

“I did not attend Shiloh 2024. Because Shiloh without Bishop Abioye is somehow. I can’t understand why Bishop Oyedepo, who is older, is not retired, and it is Bishop Abioye who is younger that should be forcefully retired,” Melaye tweeted, further alleging that the decision was man-made rather than divinely orchestrated.

“God did not retire Abioye, only Oyedepo did. Let’s watch,” he added in an X post on his official account on Sunday.

Naija News reports that Shiloh, the Annual Convocation of the Winners family worldwide, was held between December 10th and 15th, 2024.

Meanwhile, the church’s founder, Bishop David Oyedepo, had also urged critics to refrain from questioning the church’s decisions regarding the retirement of its pastors.