Daddy Freeze Opens Up About Receiving Death Threats for Calling Out Nigerian Pastors
Media personality Ifedayo Olarinde, popularly known as Daddy Freeze, recently revealed that he faced death threats years ago for his outspoken criticism of Nigerian Christian pastors.
During a recent episode of The Honest Bunch podcast, where he took over as co-host from comedian Nedu, Daddy Freeze shared that the threats extended beyond him to include members of his family.
He explained how his bold stance against some church practices inspired others to hold religious leaders accountable nationwide. “After my divorce, my pastor tried to mediate between me and my ex-wife, but I wasn’t interested. As a result, I was barred from participating in church events and even from sitting in the front row. It felt like rejection, especially since Jesus never condemned the woman who had been married five times and was living with a sixth man she wasn’t married to. I only had one divorce, yet my church treated me as if I’d committed a crime,” he recounted.
Daddy Freeze went on to say, “I stopped attending church and began studying scriptures in their original languages, diving deeper into the texts. After a year of this, it became clear that many Nigerian pastors don’t align with the true meaning of the scriptures.”
He added, “If anyone knows what it’s like to face persecution from Nigerian pastors and their followers, it’s me. I was called all sorts of names and received death threats that even targeted my family. That was a decade ago. But the work I started paved the way for others to stand up to the church today.”