The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has urgently advised the Federal Government to “immediately eliminate terrorists and their sponsors” in light of the possible threat of United States military action in Nigeria.
Adeboye gave the advice on Friday during the November Holy Ghost Service, directly reacting to the recent threats issued by U.S. President Donald Trump.
He specifically advised President Bola Tinubu to give the newly appointed service chiefs a “three-month ultimatum to wipe out terrorists and their financiers,” adding that failure to do so should result in their resignation.
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The cleric stated that the issue is not about blame, noting: “This is not the time for apportioning blame. Our President inherited this problem, it started before him.”
He recalled a previous similar directive given by an earlier leader: “Some of you will remember who called the service chiefs together and said, ‘I give you three months, get rid of all these Boko Haram people or resign.’”
Adeboye then shared details of that experience, saying he visited the leader when the work was not completed after three months: “Unfortunately, like I said, he’s not alive now. I would have asked you to go and ask him, ‘Sir, why didn’t you follow through?’”
He concluded that the lesson from that meeting leads to his current advice: “When giving orders to the service chiefs this time around, we should make it clear to them that they are not only to eliminate the terrorists but also their sponsors, no matter how influential they may be.”
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Adeboye also cautioned that if the U.S. were to invade Nigeria, “China, Russia, and other world powers would not come to the country’s defence.”
He stated: “When I say our leaders should move fast, move diplomatically, and move wisely, we must take note of the fact that if America should attack us, China is not coming to defend us. Russia will not come to defend us.”
He continued: “All the so-called world leaders will talk, they will condemn what America has done in the strongest terms, that’s all they will do. Britain is not going to come and help us. No other foreign power will come to our aid.”
He concluded with a plea for seriousness: “This is not the time for joking. This is not the time for drama. This is not the time for semantics… The point is, people are dying. Innocent people are dying.”
Finally, he urged Tinubu to use diplomatic methods to convince Trump to grant Nigeria a window of “100 days of grace” to tackle the insurgency. Once that support is secured, the government should “in turn, issue a marching order to the service chiefs and other security agencies to resolve the issues within 90 days.”
He summarized: “Let the government use diplomatic methods to convince President Trump to give us 100 days of grace. All our service chiefs, fortunately, are new, should perform within three months, or resign.”
The warning follows comments by Trump, who declared on his Truth Social platform last Friday that Christianity in Nigeria was facing an “existential threat” from radical Islamist groups.
Trump added that the United States “cannot stand by while such atrocities are happening,” pledging that his administration would be “ready, willing and able to protect our great Christian population around the world.”
Trump also urged members of Congress to investigate the situation, “directing Congressman Riley Moore, House Appropriations Committee Chairman Tom Cole and others to report back to him.”
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