UPDATED NEWS: MFM Bars Women wearing trousers from passing through their Camp Ground...

If you're a woman and you're wearing trousers, do
not attempt to pass through The Mountain of Fire
and Miracles Ministries Camp Ground in Magboro,
on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Ogun State.
According to Punch the church has started a 'strict
enforcement' of its law against women putting on
trousers and passing through the camp ground this
week.
Some women, who were on their way to the
Ecobank in the Prayer City on Monday recounted
their experiences in the hands of the security men
at the main gate of the camp.
They wondered why the church must “embarrass”
women, who were on their way to a “bank and not
the church auditorium. One of them, who spoke to
a Punch correspondent on condition of anonymity
on Monday, said, “See the loose trousers that I’m
putting on. How does this offend anybody? You
can imagine the embarrassment that I was
subjected to at the gate on my way here (bank).
“They asked why I must wear trousers to this
place, as if I said I was going to the church
auditorium. At least, they should have waited till I
want to enter the church.”
When contacted, the Security Head of the church,
who gave his name only as Mr. Lanre, told Punch
that the road in question was not an access route
for the public, adding that security challenges
informed the barricade.
“The so-called access road is illegal. It is part of
the church property. If we decided to block it, I
don’t think that is business of anybody. Can you
claim what does not belong to you? They
(communities) even went ahead to stage an
informal protest. Attacks on public places in the
country have made it mandatory for organisations
to beef up their security.
“We are not under compulsion to share our
property with the communities. Regarding your
question on the social benefits the neighbouring
residents derive from the church, I can’t comment
on that. But there are records of what we have
done for them,” he said.
Commenting on the women on trousers, Lanre said
the dress was inconsistent with the doctrine of the
church.
He said, “Such women will be barred from taking
the road on the camp that links to the
expressway.”
Source: Punch