Enoch Adeboye denies protesting against former President Goodluck Jonathan

Pastor Enoch Adeboye, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), has denied claims that he participated in a protest against former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan. Speaking during a thanksgiving service in Lagos, Adeboye addressed viral social media reports and photographs that allegedly showed him carrying a placard against the Jonathan administration.

Adeboye clarified that the photograph in question was actually taken in February 2020, during the second term of former President Muhammadu Buhari. He explained that the event was a prayer walk organized following a directive from the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) to seek divine intervention regarding insecurity and killings across the country. The placard he carried bore the inscription, “All Souls Are Precious to God”.

The cleric accused journalists of misrepresenting the timeline and twisting the facts to portray him as a “wicked man”. He emphasized that the exercise was a religious procession rather than a political demonstration and criticized the media for failing to verify the historical context of the image before its widespread circulation.