The Centre for Free Speech Organisation says the decision of the Redeemed Christian Church of God to  float a ‘Directorate of Governance and Politics’ is for APC, PDP and other politicians, not just for Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, who is aspiring to be Nigeria’s next president.

Its executive director, Richard Akinnola, explained, “In the run up to the 2015 election, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo was the running mate to President Muhammadu Buhari but to the best of my knowledge, Pastor Enoch Adeboye did not at any time come out to ask members of his church to vote for Osinbajo, who is a senior pastor in the church.”

Mr Akinnola added, “Rather, you would all recall that Adeboye actually prayed for the then President Goodluck Jonathan who had come to him for his blessings right in the presence of Osinbajo.”

He said he was aware that politicians of different parties attend the RCCG. According to him, Governors Samuel Ortom of Benue and Duoye Diri of Bayelsa, both of PDP, attend the RCCG.

“So, it is disingenuous for anyone to suggest that the memo of the RCCG on politics was targeted at garnering support for the presidential ambition of the vice president, a clarification which the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) and Christian Association of Nigeria(CAN) has made,” he said.

The recent decision by the RCCG management, through a memo, to create a politcal department in its churches nationwide recently sparked varied reactions among Nigerians.

(NAN)