Your speech writers hiding truth from you, move fast on Trump’s threats, Adeboye tells Tinubu
The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Enoch Adeboye, has berated advisers of President Bola Tinubu and his speech writers, saying they are not painting the true picture regarding insecurity in the country.
Adeboye said this over the threats by US President, Donald Trump, to send troops to Nigeria and wipe out terrorists perpetrating genocide against Christians in the country.
Trump asked Tinubu to move swiftly and wisely in engaging diplomatic channels over threats by US President, Donald Trump, to invade Nigeria militarily over alleged Christian genocide.
Trump had asked the US Department of Defence to prepare for “possible action” in Nigeria, while warning the Nigerian government to act fast to end the “killing of Christians” in the country.
The US president had also called Nigeria a “disgraced country”.
But the Federal Government has continued to pushed back on claims of a Christian genocide in the country.
Adeboye, who spoke at the November Holy Ghost Service in Redemption City on Friday, said Tinubu should find a way to convince Trump “to delay his actions for about 100 days”.
The pastor also asked the federal government to identify and expose the sponsors of terrorism and insurgency across the country, regardless of their influence.
The revered clergyman criticised a section of Tinubu’s Independence Day speech.
The president in his speech said “peace has returned to hundreds of our liberated communities in north-west and north-east, and thousands of our people have returned safely to their homes”.
The RCCG pastor said he almost reacted publicly last month after hearing Tinubu’s remarks on displaced persons returning home.
“I almost spoke last month when I heard the speech of my in-law (Tinubu), particularly that section that spoke about security,” he said.
“I heard him saying all is well now, that displaced people have returned to their villages.
“I almost said the one who wrote that speech does not like him. Somebody wrote it, but it was the president who read it.
“The question is: Didn’t he see the speech before he read it? My conclusion will be that several people around my beloved in-law are not telling him the truth.
“The following day, we read that a traditional ruler was killed in Kwara or Kogi.”
The cleric said Tinubu inherited a difficult security situation but must now focus on finding lasting solutions.
“Our president inherited this problem. I am an applied mathematician; I am only interested in getting the problem solved,” he said.
He recalled that Nigeria once enjoyed peaceful co-existence between Christians and Muslims before politics brought division.
