Adeboye Says Placard Walk Was Not Protest Against Jonathan

Enoch Adeboye said a placard photograph showing him during a prayer walk was not evidence that he protested against former President Goodluck Jonathan, placing the event in 2020, five years after Jonathan left office. The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God made the clarification during remarks reported at the church’s November Thanksgiving service. Adeboye acknowledged carrying a placard but said the walk was intended as a prayer exercise, not a political demonstration against Jonathan. He said the photograph had been presented in a way that wrongly tied the event to Jonathan’s presidency. Adeboye said the walk followed a directive from the Christian Association of Nigeria for churches to hold prayer walks near their premises. He described its purpose as praying over insecurity and killings in the country. One account identifies the placard’s inscription as “All Souls Are Precious to God” and says the procession began at RCCG’s headquarters in Ebute Meta, Lagos, went toward Atan Cemetery in Yaba and returned to the church. The reports place the walk in 2020, during the administration of former President Muhammadu Buhari. One gives February 2, 2020, as the...