RE: RCCG Pastor Ozikpu’s Claim that VP Osinbajo influenced his Sack over Sowore Protests -By Nicholas Adesina

One need not be a member of the Redeemed Christian Church of God to know that they probably do have their laws and by-laws that guide certain actions which mandate expected behaviours and responsibilities of both workers and pastors.

Every organization has its own rules and as such, it came as no surprise when only last week, a football player’s wife made some racist comments during the ongoing black lives matter protest and the said footballer was released of his contract by his club.

It only makes sense going by Newton’s Third Law of Motion that for every action there is an equal and usually opposite reaction and maturity comes from taking responsibility for our actions.

Where a member of the Armed Forces to participate in a civil protest as is his fundamental human right to do, does that absolve him from the resultant court-martial that is bound to follow which is the military is right as well to do?

To appropriately delve into this matter one would have first expected Obinna Akukwe to have at least gotten the perspective of the administrator of Province 48 Redeemed Christian Church of God, Mr. Clarence Haidome or from the headquarters if the former were proving difficult or even better, get a copy of the rules and regulations of the workers and pastors of redeemed Christian Church of God to find out if the complainant actually breached any rules that could have led to his suspension and eventual suck.

The Bible says a laborer is worthy of his wages so if Pastor Elias Ozikpu is justified in his claim why didn’t he at that juncture make available copies of the letters he has sent to the church prior? It doesn’t require a postgraduate degree to identify that his mail was responded to when he copied the headquarters hence it would have made all the sense for him to have told that line and completely left out the name of professor Osinbajo who couldn’t have sat at his disciplinary hearing having been occupied with vice president executive businesses as regards to leading the country.

As for his claims that professor Osinbajo influenced his sacking, I’m surprised he didn’t even claim that professor Osinbajo influenced his arrest in the first place or designated two police officers to track him from his home and then arrest him as soon as he and others wanted to begin vandalizing public property or and endangering lives of Innocent citizens.

In conclusion, I agree with the writer that the church needs strong-willed and upright politicians and activists in power and also in opposition but not thieves, looters, brigands, and all types of lawbreakers. Remember, we are enjoined to give unto Caesar what is Caesar’s.

Nicholas Adesina, from ibafo