Nigeria, March 10 -- Fisayo Adeniyi, a pastor of the Ransomed House, Lekki, Lagos, says in an interview with PREMIUM TIMES that anyone who claims to teach people the act of speaking in tongues by dictation, repetition and cramming is a fraud.

Read the full interview below.

PREMIUM TIMES (PT): What's your definition of speaking in tongue?

FISAYO ADENIYI: I define it as speaking in an unknown, unintelligible, and unlearnt words and utterances as given by the Holy Spirit.

PT: Why is it necessary for a Christian to speak in tongue?

FISAYO ADENIYI: Let me start by saying that the scriptures necessitate it. The first physical evidence of being baptised of the Spirit in the scriptures was that they spoke in languages they hadn't learnt. For...