'I didn't point a gun at anybody' – Paul Adefarasin responds to viral video, blames ‘rage bait’

Founder of House on the Rock, Pastor Paul Adefarasin, has addressed a viral video that captured what looked like a tense moment between him and a Lagos-based content creator.

The video, which made the rounds on TikTok and X (formerly Twitter), shows Adefarasin seated in his Range Rover Autobiography, allegedly holding what many believed was a firearm. The pastor winds down his window to sternly warn a TikToker, known for documenting luxury cars around Lagos, to stop filming him.

Visibly shaken, the content creator later posted the footage online, leading to claims that the cleric pointed a gun at him — a move many called an excessive and threatening response to what they saw as an innocent video.

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Social media users immediately went into detective mode: some zoomed in, claiming it was clearly a gun. Others argued it could have been a taser or another form of self-defence tool. The internet remained split.

But in a statement shared Saturday,  and during his Sunday sermon,  Pastor Adefarasin denied owning or pointing a firearm, saying:

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“I pointed no firearm at anybody. I don’t own one, and I’m not licensed to carry one.”

During his Sunday sermon, He claimed the viral clip was “rage bait” created by people with an agenda to bring him down, adding that the content creator had crossed into “personal range.”

While his congregants applauded the clarification, critics have doubled down, claiming the clergyman's response was heavy-handed regardless.

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