The General Overseer Worldwide of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has endorsed the Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike of Rivers state with blessings in a 2017 Holy Ghost Rally that held in Port Harcourt on Sunday, while referring to the governor as “Our Governor”.
Speaking at the Holy Ghost Rally which held at the Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium, Pastor Adeboye prayed for Governor Wike, his government and the people of Rivers State.
Recently, Pastor Adeboye dropped the title of General Overseer to take on General Overseer Worldwide after the Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria (FRCN) manufactured a regulation that resigns all General Overseers of religious body who have served for more than 26 years.
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Although, President Muhammadu Buhari has since sacked the main manufacturer of the regulation, Jim Obazee, controversy has, however, continued to trail the FRCN regulation.
Lately, the controversy took a political twist when Pastor Adeboye ordered members of the RCCG to join political parties and register to be card bearing members. Politicians such as Former media aide to the ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Reno Omokri; Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, and Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti state, hijacking the opportunity, have thrown their weight behind the General Overseer Worldwide of the RCCG.
While Omokri said the Sultan of Sokoto should resign just like Pastor Adeboye and others under the FRCN regulation, Atiku declares Pastor Adeboye is a genuine man of God, and Fayose said the God of Pastor Adeboye will bring down enemies of government.
Recall that the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo was a pastor with the RCCG before becoming a politician, and political analysts have said the numerical strength of the RCCG has aided President Buhari becoming the president of Nigeria.
With President Buhari rumoured to be dead in the United Kingdom (UK), Vice President Osinbajo was rumoured to have been under pressure to resign his office, but the presidency has since debunked these rumours to be false.
Pastor Adeboye who said President Buhari’s government is interfering in church activities, preaching under the theme “The Almighty” at the Holy Ghost Rally in Port Harcourt, stated that God has the capacity to turn any situation around.
He called on the people to always look unto God for their blessings, pointing out that the 2017 Holy Ghost Rally would lead to several testimonies, while praying for Nigeria.
“Father, I commit everyone here today in your hand. Make the impossible, possible. Father, bless Rivers State. Bless our governor, bless his family and bless his government. Father, bless Nigeria,” prayed Pastor Adeboye.
In his remarks, Governor Wike described himself as a direct beneficiary of the 2016 edition of the Holy Ghost Rally, which he said led to the validation of his election by the Supreme Court.
He noted that his administration has started fulfilling his promise of constructing the Obiri-Ikwerre, which is serving as an alternative to the airport road.
The governor assured that the Rivers State Ecumenical Centre under construction for the unity of the state will be completed and commissioned in May 2017 as part of the Golden Jubilee Celebration of the state.
Thousands of Rivers state people trooped to the Stadium for the Port Harcourt Holy Ghost Rally where the General Overseer Worldwide ministered.
Among the people present were the Governor himself; his wife, Justice Eberechi Suzzette Nyesom-Wike; Deputy Governor Ipalibo Harry Banigo; Speaker of the House of Assembly, Rt Hon Ikuinyi-Owaji Ibani and members of the Rivers State Executive Council.
The Holy Ghost Rally witnessed special Christian renditions by the RCCG mass choir, with the Pastor-in-Charge of RCCG Region 5, Pastor Belemina Obunge, saying by reason of the Holy Ghost Rally 2017, many people will have spectacular testimonies.