ADEBOYE AGAIN PRAYS FOR PEACEFUL ELECTION

By Sam Eyoboka TWO days before the crucial 2019 Nigeria’s presidential election, General Overseer of The Redeemed Christian, RCCG, Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye decided to pray for free, fair and peaceful elections in Nigeria and our nation.
Briefing newsmen in Lagos, yesterday, the assistant pastor in charge of the headquarter church, Pastor Goke Aniyeloye, confirmed that invitations had been dispatched to the chairman of the Nigerian Independent Electoral Commission, INEC, all political party chairmen, state governors, senators and all other stakeholders in the sector. According to the pastor, Adeboye told them that God had assured him that whosoever is not ordained by Him, would not be allowed to mount the saddle of leadership in the country, adding “Nigerians are all tired of leaving as slaves in our father’s land. We will repossess this nation back to God. “In the forthcoming elections, Daddy said, whosoever that the Almighy God had not ordained to rule, we will dis-ordain them as from today, and anyone who is not going to do Nigeria and Nigerians any good will not get near to the post,” he quoted Pastor Adeboye as saying. Explaining reason for the summit, he said it was based on the prophecy of the General Overseer earlier on January 6, when Pastor Adeboye announced that God told him that Nigeria will rise again from its current prostrate state. “That singular act gave us the assurance that Nigeria, truly is bouncing back on her feet soon,” he added, pointing out that we must all pray for peace in the country. Pastor Adeboye had enjoined all Nigerians to go out to register during the INEC’s Voters Registration Exercise, vote and be prepared to defend their votes. Speaking at the first monthly Holy Ghost Service of 2011 at the Redemption Camp, Pastor Adeboye said several Nigerians have been calling him to know the mind of God concerning the nation ahead of the 2011 elections. , especially as we continue to witness political violence in parts of the country. “All the people that I have talked to in the last one month have said; ‘Daddy, we are worried about Nigeria; we are worried about 2011.’ I have told them, the Prince is with us, He has spoken and He said All will be well,” the G.O. told the mammoth crowd of worshippers. He did not reveal the people who had been calling him but sources close to the revered man of God, told us last night that politicians drawn from different political parties have either being calling him directly on phone or have been using proxies to find out from him the mind of God concerning the elections Continuing Adeboye said “Many of you listen to radio, television, many of you read newspaper reports; and you listen to social and economic issues that are being reported but I want you to understand and know that no matter the situation of things, God of peace is with the nation.” Earlier, wife of the General Overseer, Pastor (Mrs.) Folu Adeboye led the congregation to offer special prayers for peaceful conduct of this year’s elections, peace in all troubled spots in the country especially Jos in Plateau State and Maiduguri in Borno State, as well as the Niger Delta region, and not forgetting to pray for wisdom for the leaders of the country. Special prayers were also offered for the ailing education sector, the Family and the marriage institution in the country including the singles, widows, and the apparent barren women in the society, not forgetting the Church in Nigeria. Special prayers were also offered for the peaceful resolution of the political deadlock in Cote d’Iviore where the international community has been putting pressure on President Laurent Gbagbo, who was assumed to have lost last November’s presidential polls, to step down for the winner of that elections, Alassane Ouattara. It will be recalled that 41 days after the presidential election, Ivoirians still do not know who their president is, trapped in a post-election limbo marked by violence, the tearing up of ballot papers and bitter recriminations between rival political groups. Incumbent Laurent Gbagbo has not recognized provisional results announced by the Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) declaring Alassane Ouattara the winner of the November 28 run-off.