‘What I told Buhari, I’ve now recommended to Tinubu’- Adeboye sets 90-day deadline

The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye, has reiterated advice he once gave to the late President Muhammadu Buhari, urging President Bola Tinubu to take urgent action against terrorism with a 90-day ultimatum for Nigeria’s service chiefs.

Speaking after the church’s November Holy Ghost Service, themed “The Eve of Glory,” Adeboye stressed that the growing wave of insecurity in the country requires swift, decisive, and strategic action.

“In my usual quiet way, I have related with all the presidents who were around when this trouble started. Whatever I discussed with them privately, I did my best behind the scenes. But you can only advise the Commander-in-Chief, you can’t command him,” Adeboye said.

He urged President Tinubu to instruct the newly appointed service chiefs to eliminate terrorist groups within 90 days or face dismissal, adding that the campaign must also target their sponsors, no matter how powerful.

“Move fast, move diplomatically, move wisely. Come home and tell our security chiefs to get rid of these terrorists within 90 days or resign,” the cleric said.

Adeboye noted that he had given similar counsel to Buhari, who initially acted on it but failed to sustain the effort, resulting in persistent insecurity across parts of the country.

“There was a president, unfortunately, he’s dead now, Buhari, who issued such an order. He acted on it but didn’t continue. Three months passed and the work was not done,” he recalled.

The cleric also appealed to the Tinubu administration to engage diplomatically with the United States, seeking a 100-day grace period before any potential international action, particularly following recent threats from U.S. President Donald Trump over what he described as the “existential threat” to Christianity in Nigeria.