Adeboye Not Asked To Quit —Redeemed Church

Alleged calls by Europe-based pastors of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, for their General Overseer, Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye, to quit after reaching the mandatory retirement age of 70, are false, the church said yesterday.

It was alleged that about 20 pastors from the branches of the Church in Europe met with the revered man of God in his international office at Redemption Camp, KM 46, Lagos/Ibadan Expressway, Mowe, Ogun State, southwest Nigeria, and advised him to resign for a younger pastor to replace him.

The pastors had cited the case of the four Assistant General Overseers of the church, (Pastors M.O. Ojo, Ilori, Aderibigbe and D. Ojo), whose retirements were announced at the conclusion of Minister Conference on Sunday, 8 August, 2010.

But the church said in a statement that such a meeting never took place and such calls were never made.

It described the publication of such alleged calls as being done without verification from the church authorities.

“The story has no iota of truth and is not only unfounded but it is libelous, false misleading and deeply damaging to the image of our Esteemed General Overseer, his family and the mission as a whole,” said Mrs. Titi Adegbile, Deputy Director, Legal for the church.

—Simon Ateba