Jim Obazee,
the sacked executive secretary of the Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria
(FRC), “vowed to remove Enoch Adeboye as general overseer of the
Redeemed
Christian Church of God (RCCG)”.
According to
Segun Adegbiji, the church’s head of media and public relations, Obazee, who
willingly resigned as a pastor in RCCG and was “neither suspended nor sacked”,
is on a vendetta mission against the general overseer.
“Obazee was
a teacher at the School of Disciples, but he voluntarily resigned. Afterwards,
he started attending RCCG Province II Parish on Acme Road, Ogba, Lagos. He was
neither suspended nor sacked by the church,” Adegbiji said on Thursday during a
media parley with journalists at Redemption Camp, Mowe, Ogun state.
“There was
no feud between him and the church that I know of, although I can confirm that
I heard the story that he vowed to get Pastor Adeboye out.”
Adeboye
recently appointed a new national overseer for the church as a result of the
corporate governance code stipulating a term of 20 years for heads of
not-for-profit organisations, although he remained the worldwide overseer of
the church.
Adegbiji
further noted that despite the suspension of the FRC law, Adeboye would not
reverse his decision to step down.
“If you know
Daddy GO (Adeboye) very well, he does not make such an important decision
without consulting the Church Council, and most importantly, God. That decision
has been made and it does not in any way affect his position as the General
Overseer of the RCCG.
“So, there
is no need to reverse the decision after the Federal Government has suspended
the implementation of the FRC law.
“The RCCG is
a fast-growing church and as of the last count, we are in 192 nations of the
world and most of these countries have their national or country overseer. So,
there is nothing wrong if Nigeria, which also has the blessing of hosting the
world headquarters of the RCCG, has its own national overseer.
“However,
this does not, in any way, affect the position of the General Overseer as all
other national overseers of the church in other countries report to him.
“He has been
and he will continue to perform his role without let or hindrance. So, he
(Adeboye) has never stepped down as the General Overseer of the RCCG.”
Joshua
Obayemi, the new national overseer, was a deputy in charge of finance and a
member of governing council in RCCG before his appointment.
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