LAGOS—Pastor Enoch Adeboye, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), has strongly criticized a section of President Bola Tinubu’s October 1 Independence Day speech regarding Nigeria’s security situation, suggesting that the person who drafted the address for the president “does not like him,” according to NIGERIAN TRIBUNE reporting.
Speaking during the November Holy Ghost Service at the Redemption City Campground, Adeboye questioned the President’s assertion that security was stable and that displaced people had returned to their villages.
“I almost spoke last month when I heard the speech of my in-law (Tinubu), particularly that section that spoke about security… I almost said the one who wrote that speech does not like him. Somebody wrote it, but it was the President who read it,” Adeboye stated, adding that “There are several people around Tinubu who are not telling him the truth.” He noted that the following day, a traditional ruler was killed in Kwara or Kogi.
The cleric acknowledged that the President inherited the security challenges but, identifying himself as an “applied mathematician,” stressed the need for solutions. He advised the Federal Government to move “wisely, diplomatically, and decisively” on insecurity and the alleged killings of Christians.
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