LAGOS — The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, says he is not sure at the moment whether or not there will be an election in 2023.
Speaking on Sunday at the monthly Thanksgiving Service of the Church, the 80-year-old cleric said God is yet to speak to him about the 2023 elections unlike in 2019 when God spoke to him a year before the elections.
He added that God might still speak to him about the elections.
Adeboye told his congregation, “As of now, as I am standing before you, I still don’t know whether or not there would be an election next year. Don’t say that Pastor Adeboye said there would be no election next year; that’s not what I said. Adeboye does not know yet, put the word ‘yet’.
“How come you don’t know? Because my father has not talked to me about it yet. The last time we had an election, He (God) spoke to me about the election by June of the previous year and this is April. So, it is not late but He hasn’t told me yet.”
The octogenarian preacher also disassociated himself from partisan politics and insinuations that he is supporting a political party ahead of the 2023 elections.
According to him, it will be unfair on other members of the RCCG who are members of different political parties for him to be partisan.
“In the Redeemed Christian Church of God, every political party is heavily represented; APC, PDP, APGA, Labour and other parties you don’t even know their name,” Adeboye said.
“I have never told you which party to vote for whether in secret or in the open. So it will be unjust to tell you to support one party over another.”
He stressed that politics is not his calling and that he will never be a politician.
“I have said it before, and I will say it again, I am not and will never be a politician, I am a pastor – that is what God has called me to be,” he said.
“Please do not distract me. My assignment is to be a pastor; to pray for you, to pray for nations including Nigeria.”
Adeboye’s message may not be unconnected to the criticisms against the church’s creation of a Directorate of Politics and Governance and the instruction to members to be politically involved in the 2023 electioneering process.
RCCG had announced in March that it has set up a Directorate of Politics and Governance to help muster support for members with political ambitions.
While some find the church’s active participation in government commendable, many have condemned the action, alleging that it is a front to campaign for Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo.
Ezinwanne Onwuka, senior staff reporter and columnist with WAP is a Nigerian-based writer and content developer. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy from the prestigious University of Nigeria, Nsukka. Her interests include reading, writing, researching and graphic designing.
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