Alhaji Lai Mohammed, APC, National Publicity
Secretary
Secretary
The
All Progressives Congress (APC) has commended the General Overseer (GO)
of the Redeemed 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.
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.
Pastor EA Adeboye, General Overseer, RCCG Worldwide
“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 (John Oyegun)? 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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