More condemnation hits the ruling All Progressive Congress
for their unguarded comments against the General Overseer of the Redeemed
Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor E.A. Adeboye for his honest commendation
made to the governor of Ekiti State, Governor Ayodele Fayose.
The latest knock against the APC is coming from one of the
Area Pastors of the Church, Pastor Bola Bolawale as he condemned the attack of
the G.O. by the APC.
According to a released he made on Monday titled, ‘APC’s
scurrilous attack on Adeboye’, the Area Pastor revealed what led to the visit
of Pastor Adeboye to Fayose and what emerged at the meeting.
Read below details of the press release:
“Pastor Enoch Adeboye makes whistle stops at tens of Let’s
Go A-Fishing venues. This December’s itinerary recently saw Pastor Adeboye
criss-crossing towns and villages in Osun, Ondo, and Ekiti states, among
others. At Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital, the governor, Mr. Ayodele
Fayose, and the traditional ruler, the Ewi of Ado-Ekiti, Oba Rufus Adejugbe,
were among the dignitaries that received Pastor Adeboye.
“As is characteristic of him, Adeboye prayed for Fayose, who
had knelt down before him for prayer. Fayose is not the first Nigerian VIP to
have so coveted Adeboye’s prayers. Presidents and other governors had done so,
including former President Goodluck Jonathan and the current President,
Muhammadu Buhari. Outside our shores, the immediate past Prime Minister of
Britain, David Cameron, attended an RCCG programme in London and came forward
to be prayed for by Pastor Adeboye.
“However, the prayers that Adeboye said for Fayose has drawn
the ire of the chairman of the All Progressives Congress in Ekiti State, Mr.
Jide Awe. Awe not only blew his top but also threw caution to the winds, making
highfalutin statements, levelling unsubstantiated allegations, and calling the
revered Pastor names that must alarm every right-thinking person.
“Whereas I am an Area Pastor in the RCCG, it need be stated that
the views expressed here are entirely mine and by no means represent those of
Adeboye and or of the authorities of the RCCG. And I enjoy the guarantees and
protection of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and other
extant laws.
“First, a recap of Adeboye’s prayers for Fayose as was
reported in the media: ‘We thank God for your courage, for your boldness. We
thank God for your being willing to take risks so that your people can be
protected. You have been a governor who knows when to say ‘enough is enough’ in
defence of his people. And I am sure you know what I am talking about and I am
sure the world knows.
‘I don’t want to say more than that but be assured that we
are praying for you and you will succeed in Jesus name. We wish all other
governors who stand for their people, who defend their people and who know when
to say ‘enough is enough’, success. We thank God for their life”. I wasn’t
there but I suspect that the entire congregation must have chorused “Amen”!
“For this prayer said not only for Fayose but also for all
governors who live up to their oath of office to stand up in defence of their
people, Awe accused Adeboye of supporting what he called Fayose’s persistent
insults on Buhari. Awe also tried to drive a wedge between the RCCG members and
the pastor we all lovingly call “Daddy G. O.”
“He alleged that Fayose must have bribed Adeboye since,
according to him, the Ekiti governor was capable of bribing angels. So, Awe had
seen angels receive bribes before – in what currency, he only is in the best
position to say! He then attempted to set the family of the late founder of the
RCCG, Rev. Josiah Olufemi Akindayomi, against Adeboye by asking them to caution
the pastor so he would not, in his myopic reasoning, tarnish the legacy of
their father.
“However hard they try to conceal the truth, it will be out;
so did Awe finally expose himself when he expressed the wish that Adeboye ought
to be a supporter of the ruling APC since Vice President Yemi Osinbajo is a
senior pastor in RCCG!
“Awe’s statement has done incalculable damage to the APC. He
was uncouth. He brought no finesse to bear at all. He must have thought he was
engaged in the usual banality between politicians where they trade abuses and
insults and retire afterwards to throw banters; plot new assaults; and pick the
next target.
“The APC owes itself a world of good to do damage control by
disowning the said Awe and his scurrilous statements; otherwise, it will pay a
heavy price for this down the road. Adeboye did not in the least deserve the
assault on him by the Ekiti APC chairman. For one, many eminent Nigerians,
spiritual and temporal, have made more damning statements about the state of
affairs of the country.
“For another, Adeboye only spoke the truth: whether we like
it or not, Fayose is the recognised face of the Nigerian opposition today and
the voice of the voiceless. This is a fact which Adeboye merely recognised. He
did not create it. Coincidentally, the wobbling APC government created the
situation that Fayose is exploiting to the hilt.
“Fayose is not the only one who could have taken advantage
of the situation but up to this point, he is the only one doing so. And it is
un-Christianly to deny a man his due. Awe must be told in clear and
unmistakeable terms that he cannot drive a wedge between Pastor Adeboye and the
RCCG members. He also cannot engineer any disaffection between the Akindayomis
and Adeboye”.
