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| Pastor E. A Adeboye |
The All
Progressives Congress (APC) has commended the General Overseer (GO) of the
Redeem Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, for dissociating
himself and the church from the offensive and divisive audio CD that is being
circulated by certain political Pastors.
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| Lai Mohammed |
In a statement
issued in Lagos on Monday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai
Mohammed, the party said by his action, the GO has again exhibited his
characteristic exceptional leadership and shown what religion should be about,
which is love, rather than hate and incendiary statements.
It particularly
expressed satisfaction that the GO specifically asked the RCCG Pastors to
ignore the contents of the audio CD, especially all the references to political
parties, including the APC.
“The GO's
statement, in his response to the APC which had written to protest the divisive
and corrosive statements contained in the audio CD, which has been smuggled
into some RCCG parishes, made it clear that the RCCG is neutral and apolitical,
and that it prays for all irrespective of political persuasion or creed.
“We in the APC are
delighted at the GO's prompt action and statement that the RCCG did not endorse
divisive comments in any form or shape, that it has sons and daughters in all
political parties, and that the allegations contained in the audio CD are
wickedly false, unsubstantiated, ill-conceived and mischievous.
“Equally satisfying
is the GO's directive asking everyone in possession of the audio CDs to return
them, and the directive to the Church's Pastors to communicate such to their
respective congregations immediately,” APC said.
On the
obviously-sponsored audio CD, produced by one Pastor Bosun Emmanuel, the party
wondered why a man of God will engage in outright lies to propagate hatred,
incite Christians against Muslims so brazenly, as if the adherents of both
religions are not children of the same God, and then use the platform of the
church to campaign for the PDP while seeking to destroy the APC.
“In a country where
the citizenry, whether Christians or Muslims, have been shortchanged by greedy,
selfish and clueless political leadership, a Pastor went on record as saying
President Goodluck Jonathan has performed 100%, while at the same time
demonizing and denigrating the APC as an 'Islamic Party' without a scintilla of
proof. Much as he struggled to couch his inflammatory and discordant message in
flowery lies, it is clear that he was sponsored to inseminate lies to shore up
the dwindling fortunes of the ruling party
“Where in the world
has an Islamic Party been led by a Christian? Where in the world has the
membership of an Islamic Party been populated by Christians and Muslims? Why
would a Pastor whose primary purpose is to preach the Gospel (good news) now
make himself available, for whatever reason, as a tool to disseminate lies and
bad news?
“Had this Pastor
any sense of history, he would have realized how the propagation of hatred, as
he is currently doing, led to the killing of over 800,000 Tutsi and moderate
Hutu in Rwanda in 1994. This Pastor made it seem as if the terrorists called
Boko Haram are fighting the cause of Nigerian Muslims, when he knows deep down
that this evil group has not spared Muslims either.
“We have said it
repeatedly: Boko Haram is a clear and present danger to Christians as it is to
Muslims. Boko Haram is as dangerous to the rich as it is to the poor, it is as
dangerous to the North as it is to the South. Simply put, Boko Haram is an
enemy of Nigeria and all Nigerians, irrespective of their religion or
ethnicity, must unite to defeat the terrorists,” it said.
APC appealed to
Nigerians of all creed and ethnicity to repudiate politicians or politicians in
religious garb who may be seeking to divide them on primordial basis,
especially as the general elections are fast approaching.
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