Kamarudeen
Ogundele and Success Nwogu
The
Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, on Sunday cautioned the Federal
Government against the continuous implementation of the Financial Regulation
Council Act, which, he said, had tampered with the administration of churches
in Nigeria.
Based
on the new law, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, on Saturday stepped down as the
General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God in Nigeria.
The
FRC Act could soon force other clergymen like Bishop David Oyedepo of the
Living Faith Church Worldwide International a.k.a. Winners Chapel, Pastor
William Kumuyi of the Deeper Christian Life Ministry and Bishop Mike Okonkwo of
The Redeemed Evangelical Mission, among others to retire as the heads of their
churches in the country.
Criticising
the law, Fayose said the government must tread softly on this path to avoid
tragedy of monumental proportion befalling the nation.
Fayose
spoke during the 53rd birthday thanksgiving service of his wife, Feyisetan,
held at the governor office chapel, in Ado Ekiti, the state chapter on Sunday.
He
said, “There is one thing every government must not do, the moment you face the
church of God, you will fail. The God of Adeboye, Kumuyi will bring down all
the enemies in this government. Somebody must tell them, there are certain
things you don’t do. They are going from frying pan to fire.
“This
government wants to subdue the church, God will subdue them. They are
ridiculing leaders of the church, God will rubbish them. The same church they
had deceived to get power, they are saying that we now have the ring, who will
remove it from our hand, the Lord will cut off the hand that wears the ring.
“The
APC is behaving in this way, but God is the creator of the ring and the hand,
God will amputate the hand. Ayo Fayose is anointed of God.
“I
have warned and I’m still warning, take your hands away from the administration
of churches, you are killing Christians, The Lord will rise against you. By
rising against the church, this government has failed as anyone that rises
against God will fail. By using laws against the church, they have started to
crumble.
“Christians
are being slaughtered in Southern Kaduna and noble men cannot talk because of
fear of incarceration. Remember you are here today, tomorrow you would not be
here again. We must condemn what is happening here today, “ he said.
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