The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye, cried as he watches a video by Yoruba cultural activist, Sunday Adeyemo, also known as Sunday Igboho, mocking him over the death of his son, Dare.
A chieftain of Afenifere, Mogaji Gboyega Adejumo, who revealed this in a statement on Tuesday, said this happened when members of the pan-Yoruba socio-political organization paid Adeboye a visit over the death of his son.
The Leader of Afenifere, Pa Ayo Adebanjo, led the team on the consolation visit.
Adejumo said: “This evening, I accompanied Pa Ayo Adebanjo, leader of Afenifere, who also had with him, Kabiesi Ọba Diipo Olaitan and Barrister Sola Ebiseni, on a condolence visit to Pastor Adeboye regarding the passing of his son.
“A man of great faith is Pastor Adeboye. The sour point was the Igboho video in which Sunday clearly made an unsavoury reference to Pastor Adeboye’s son’s death. Pastor Adeboye himself made reference to it and the video was played back for us all to see. The leader, Pa Ayo Adebanjo was close to tears.
“Now, I must say this — Today is the 3rd time of my meeting with Pastor Adeboye in less than one year and the second time with Pa Ayo Adebanjo. I can categorically say that Pastor Adeboye is totally behind the Yorùbá cause. A great disservice is to insult, mock and or disrespect, misrepresent this great man of God, a proud Yoruba man that has been supporting all our efforts for a while now!
“Once again, the idea of rushing to destroy our best assets in the untoward, untutored ignoble manner of late, abusing, cursing, demeaning our elders, leaders can only serve one purpose: Losing all the gains of years of hard work — prolonging our days of slavery, annoying God to the point of 40 days becoming 40 years!!!
“What is the logic in running the very people who have the leverage to lead us out of slavery, like Moses did, down? Sheer ignorance! Moses never raised a sword, instead, he raised his staff. (Chukwuemeka) Ojukwu fired many guns and mortars, and his people still lost.
“No one wants the Yorùbá out of Nigeria more than these men that have lately become the target of unwarranted abuse even by those who chose (President Muhammadu) Buhari and whose antecedents are nothing to compare with the earth-shaking events that surround and define the incomparable lives of these men and leaders.
“Pa Ayo Adebanjo, a veteran of the treasonable felony saga of Papa (Obafemi) Awolowo and the 30 others who went to jail for it. Same Pa Ayo Adebanjo, who stared down at (Sani) Abacha and said, ‘I only owe you one bullet you coward, pick up your gun and shoot’.
“It saddens me therefore to see a lot of grandstanding, gaslighting, cognitive dissonance parading naked, misdirected anger remotely being made to appear as logic in a clear situation where wisdom has altogether taken shelter and all that is left is mutant presumptions, falsified perceptions, and latent pretenses. Who will save the Yoruba from going into self-distrusting, self-disruptive excoriation?
“When we finish destroying ourselves, sooner than later, what we will become is a laughing stock of the Fulani!”
Igboho had in the video, in which his media aide, Olayomi Koiki, interviewed his, said Pastor Dare, 42, died because his dad, 79, failed to support the cause of the Yoruba nation to split from the rest of Nigeria.
