US Courtroom Drama: Funke Ashekun, Husband Collapse in Court as MFM Wins Legal Battle in USA; Ashekun Ordered to Pay $300,000 Fine

 



By Wilson Macaulay

The Baltimore County Circuit Court has delivered judgment in the case of Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries USA, Inc. v. Olufunke Ashekun on March 13, 2026.

In a judgment handed down by the Circuit Court of Baltimore County, Maryland, on March 13, 2026, in the matter of Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries USA, Inc. v. Olufunke Ashekun, the plaintiff successfully prosecuted its claims of defamation and false light, resulting in a binding court order against Olufunke Ashekun.

The court awarded compensatory damages in the sum of $250,000 and punitive damages in the sum of $50,000, bringing the total judgment to $300,000, in favor of Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries USA, Inc.

In granting the judgment and damages, the court recognized the prolonged, intense, and malicious campaign allegedly conducted by Olufunke Ashekun against Dr. D. K. Olukoya and the Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries, who were seriously concerned about the reach and extent of what they described as her destructive rhetoric.

The court, by a unanimous jury decision, ruled that Funke Ashekun’s campaign negatively affected the professional integrity of Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries and damaged their reputation, as widely publicized by Ashekun.

It was gathered that a day before the jury delivered its ruling, Funke Ashekun reportedly slumped in court when it became evident that the case was overwhelmingly against her, following what sources described as weak and inadmissible evidence presented in her defense. She was taken out of the courtroom by an emergency 911 ambulance.

Her husband reportedly suffered a similar incident the following day when he appeared to submit a medical report on behalf of his wife. However, the development did not prevent the jury from proceeding with its verdict.

Reacting to the judgment, a dependable source within the ministry described the outcome as a major victory.

“This is an overwhelming victory and a complete vindication of Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries and their reputation, as well as that of Dr. D. K. Olukoya, the General Overseer of the Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries,” the source said.

Speaking further, the source added:

“When lies travel for a thousand years, the truth will catch up with them in a second. Where is Ayotunde Richard? Where is Maureen Badejo? Now Funke and her husband — they have all failed.”

Quoting Esther 6:13, the source said:

“And Haman told Zeresh his wife and all his friends everything that had befallen him. Then said his wise men and Zeresh his wife unto him, ‘If Mordecai be of the seed of the Jews, before whom thou hast begun to fall, thou shalt not prevail against him, but shalt surely fall before him.’”

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