Eliminate terrorists, sponsors to prevent US military action, Adeboye urges FG

General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) Pastor Enoch Adeboye has urged President Bola Tinubu to take urgent and diplomatic action to address security challenges.

Adeboye gave the advice on Friday during the November Holy Ghost Service while reacting to recent threats issued by US President Donald Trump.

He recommended a 90-day deadline for security chiefs to eliminate terrorist groups or face dismissal.

Adeboye also suggested that President Tinubu engage diplomatically with US President Donald Trump to secure a 100-day grace period before any international action is taken against Nigeria.

“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,” he said.

Adeboye emphasised the importance of identifying and exposing sponsors of terrorism and insurgency, regardless of their influence.

He warned that if America attacks Nigeria, no foreign power, including China and Russia, would come to Nigeria’s aid.

“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.

“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.

“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 stressed that this is not a time for debates or arguments, but for practical action to protect lives.

“This is not the time for joking. This is not the time for drama. This is not the time for semantics. This is not the time to begin to argue, is it suicide or kidnapping or whatever name they call it? And this is not the time to say, ‘Ah, it’s not Christians alone, Muslims are also involved.’ The point is, people are dying. Innocent people are dying”, he added.

In his advice, Adeboye drew from his experience with past administrations, including that of late President Muhammadu Buhari, whom he advised to take decisive action against terrorism.

Unfortunately, those efforts were not sustained to achieve lasting peace.

“This is not the time for apportioning blame. Our President inherited this problem, it started before him.

“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. It’s not allowed to tell you who gave him that advice. He ran with that advice, but he didn’t follow it through, because he gave the order as the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, and the security operatives moved fast.

“But three months went by, and the work was not done. So I went to see him. It wasn’t unusual. This time, somehow, the press got to know that I visited him. Of course, they were not there when we talked.

“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? Because when three months passed and the work wasn’t done, why didn’t you proceed with your, are we going to call it threat?’

“I won’t tell you the details, but one thing came out of that meeting,” he said.

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Eliminate terrorists, sponsors to prevent US military action, Adeboye urges FG