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Adeboye says no endorsement for Tinubu, Osinbajo, others

Respected Christian leader, Pastor Enoch Adeboye has said he will not endorse any of the presidential aspirants, including Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, who is equally a pastor.

Osinbajo is a close ally of Adeboye, who leads the Redeemed Christian Church of God, which arguably is the most populous pentecostal church in Nigeria.

Aside Osinbajo, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu is another presidential aspirant who is believed to have close relationship with Adeboye.

Tinubu’s wife, Senator Oluremi is likewise a pastor in the RCCG.

Adeboye said: “Let me make it loud and clear. I am a pastor and I would never be a politician. I have never been and will never be.

“I am called to be a pastor. That is what God wants me to be. That is why I don’t carry a big title. He says to me clearly: you are to be a pastor.

“I am a pastor. I am not even a prophet. I only hear from Him once in a while. My assignment is to pray for you and pray for nations, including Nigeria. It has nothing to do with partisan politics. Don’t distract my attention.”

“I have never told you this is the fellow you should vote for either in secret or the open.

“I have never said this is the party you should belong to. I will never say it. Why? Because every party is heavily represented in the church.

“If I vote for anyone, I will be unjust to every one of my children. I am the father of all and I like it that way,” he said.

Adeboye urged members to exercise their civic duties.

“All I am saying and I am saying it loud and clear: nobody is born a Christian. You are a Nigerian first. You have a duty to your country to register to vote and to make sure your vote will count.

“You have a duty to belong to any party of your choice at the grassroots. You can’t fold your arms and refuse to vote and begin to complain.

“You must register, you must vote. You must sit down there after you have voted and make sure they count the votes and you take note of who they said won.

You must make sure that there is no more rigging in Nigeria. I don’t care who you vote for. Do your duty. And you must do it.

“My assignment is to pray. I will pray for this nation. I asked for 1000 volunteers. I got more than 26,000 and we prayed. God heard. And the answer will come,” he said.

“As of now, as I am standing before you, I still don’t know yet whether or not there will be an election next year.

“My father has not talked to me about an election. He might have told you. But I am yet to hear him.

“Don’t say that Pastor Adeboye said there would be no election next year; that’s not what I said. Adeboye does not know yet. Put the word ‘yet’,” he said.

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