‘Pastor Adeboye Is a Politician’ — VeryDarkMan Challenges RCCG General Overseer to Step Down

• VeryDarkMan has ignited reactions online after accusing Pastor Adeboye of acting like a politician and urging him to step down as RCCG General Overseer over his remarks on President Tinubu.

Social media activist VeryDarkMan has criticised Pastor Enoch Adeboye over his recent comments defending President Bola Tinubu on Nigeria’s worsening security situation, accusing the respected cleric of taking a political position.

The controversy began after Pastor Adeboye said President Tinubu had done his part by giving directives to security agencies, adding that the President should not be expected to “put on khaki and fight” criminals himself.

Although the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) acknowledged that insecurity has worsened, he revealed that he advised the President to give military chiefs a “90-day ultimatum” to end terrorism or resign.

Reacting in a video that has since gone viral, VeryDarkMan questioned Pastor Adeboye’s position, arguing that the cleric’s comments amounted to defending the current administration instead of remaining impartial.

According to him, “if you want to continue making political interventions, you should hand over RCCG and openly join politics.”

The activist also referenced Pastor Adeboye’s position during former President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration, citing a Vanguard report published on October 11, 2010, which stated that the RCCG petitioned the Federal Government over rising insecurity and kidnappings while gathering signatures for a proposed one-million-man protest.

VeryDarkMan questioned why Pastor Adeboye’s approach appears different under the Tinubu administration, insisting that religious leaders should hold every government to the same standard regardless of who occupies the presidency.

According to him, Nigerians expect influential clerics to consistently speak against insecurity and injustice without appearing to favour any administration.

His remarks have since sparked widespread debate on social media, with supporters and critics divided over whether religious leaders should publicly defend governments or remain strictly neutral on political and governance issues.

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