Adeboye cautions Pastors taking bribes from politicians
Pastor Enoch Adeboye
The General Overseer of the
Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has warned that
pastors collecting bribes from politicians risk the wrath of God.
The renowned cleric said this on his
official Facebook page on Wednesday while reacting to allegations by the
Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi, that the Peoples Democratic
Party had bribed some pastors with N6bn to work against the All
Progressives Congress and its presidential candidate, Maj. Gen.
Muhammadu Buhari (retd.)
However, Adeboye, said, “I read in the
newspaper this morning that one of the serving governors in Nigeria said
that some pastors in Nigeria collected N6bn from politicians for the
purpose of influencing their members to vote a certain candidate in the
coming elections.
“May I humbly request that if there be
any pastor or pastors who collected such money, they should please
return such as quickly as possible before the fire of the Almighty
consumes you.”
Amaechi, had on Tuesday, told his
supporters not to be deceived by pastors, whom he said, were campaigning
against Buhari because he was a Muslim
He had said, “Some pastors collected
N6bn and they are circulating document and telling you not to vote for
an Hausa man; not to vote for a Muslim; that they want to Islamise
Nigeria. Tell them to return our N6bn.
“They gave them N6bn; they should return
it to the Federal Government coffers. They will tell you that Buhari
wants to Islamise Nigeria; tell them we are too educated.
“I am a Catholic, but no Catholic priest
has told me that story right now in the Catholic Church because, I will
ask him how. If any pastor tells you that, tell him to return the
money.
“Nobody can Islamise Nigeria; they have
commercialised Jesus Christ. They should stop commercialising the
Christian faith. You know what Jesus Christ did in the temple? He
chased them away.”
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