General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, don deny reports wey link am to protest against former President Goodluck Jonathan, say the picture wey show am carry placard come from prayer walk wey the church organise in 2020, no be protest.
Pastor Adeboye clear the air during the church November 2026 Thanksgiving Service, where e address claims wey dey make rounds about the photograph. For the picture, the cleric dress in white and green and e hold placard.
According to am, the exercise no be protest against any government. E explain say the President of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, direct churches to hold prayer walks for the country, and na that instruction the church follow.
“It wasn’t a protest. It was a prayer walk,” Adeboye tell the congregation, as e recall say the church arrange the exercise based on CAN directive.
E also push back on the claim wey connect the picture to Jonathan administration. Adeboye point out say the former president leave office in 2015, five years before the event happen, and say the photograph actually snap in 2020, during the second term of former President Muhammadu Buhari.
“I carried a placard in 2020, but the journalist twisted it to be 2015,” e talk.
The RCCG leader no hide him vexation for the journalist behind the report. E accuse the person of publishing misleading account without investigate the circumstances around the photograph well. Adeboye remember say e study journalism-related courses for University of Nigeria, Nsukka, in the 1960s, where e learn about investigative journalism.
No be only that matter dey surround the cleric this period. Reports also show say him granddaughter do her wedding in the United States, one development wey attract attention among church members and well-wishers.
For another report wey LEADERSHIP Newspapers carry, actor Hanks Anuku claim say Pastor Adeboye ordain am as pastor. The actor make the claim for interview, but the report no give details of when or where the ordination happen.
