The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has warned that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is being misinformed about Nigeria’s security situation by his advisers.
Adeboye made the remark during the church’s November Holy Ghost Service, themed “The Eve of Glory.”
Referencing a recent statement issued by the Presidency, Pastor Adeboye expressed concern that the content did not reflect the reality experienced by many Nigerians.
According to him, the President, whom he described as his “in-law”, had been informed that security had significantly improved and that internally displaced persons (IDPs) had returned home.
The cleric strongly disagreed with that claim, suggesting that the advisers behind such narratives may be misleading the President.
He said, “I almost spoke out last month when I heard the speech from my in-law, the President. You can go and listen to it again, particularly the section that addressed security. When I heard him say that all is well now and that displaced people have returned to their villages, I almost said that the person who wrote that speech for my President, my in-law, does not like him.
“And if you were to ask, ‘What do you mean? Somebody wrote it, but it was the President who read it,’ my response would be, didn’t he review it before delivering it? Well, if you put it that way, then my conclusion is that there are several people around my beloved in-law who are not telling him the truth. I think the following day, we read in the newspaper about a traditional ruler who was killed, whether in Kwara or Kogi.
“But this is not the time for apportioning blame. Our President inherited this problem; it started before him. And in any case, I am an applied mathematician; I am interested in simply getting the problem solved.
“Let the government use diplomatic methods to convince President Trump to give us 100 days of grace. Call our service chiefs, fortunately, they are new, and tell them to perform within three months or resign.
“We have been praying for Nigeria; we can’t pray all these prayers without something happening.
“There is a law called Newton’s Law of Motion, which states that a body will remain at rest or in uniform motion in a straight line unless compelled by an external force to do otherwise. This means that whatever method God wants to use, at the end of it all, there will be peace in Nigeria again.”
Adeboye explained his reluctance to make public statements, attributing it to his position under the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN).
He stated that as a clergyman operating under the Christian umbrella body, he exercises caution. To underscore the importance of this chain of authority, he referenced a biblical principle, noting, “I have discovered in the Bible that a man not under authority cannot cast out a demon.”
