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.
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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