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I never protested against Jonathan, I carried placard for prayer walk - Pastor Adeboye

I never protested against Jonathan, I carried placard for prayer walk - Pastor Adeboye
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The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has dismissed reports that he carried a placard in protest against former President Goodluck Jonathan.Adeboye explained that the viral photograph of him carrying a placard was a prayer walk and not a protest against Jonathan.Addressing his followers in a viral video, the clergyman also recalled how he was called a wicked man by his critics.He said: "They wrote in the papers that Adeboye is a very wicked man. After all, we know that not too long ago he carried a placard against President Goodluck Jonathan and everybody said yes."They brought out the picture of where I was dressed in white and green while carrying a placard, and everybody said see him."When I heard about it I said me carried a placard against Jonathan?
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  • ✦Sure I carried a placard and I can't deny that, it wasn't a protest, it was a prayer walk."We wanted to pray and the CAN chairman said all churches should do a prayer walk near their churches and that's what I did in Ebute Metta, a walk is a walk, whether prayer walk or not."Have you ever heard of somebody carrying a placard on a walk?
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2020:I did it because the CAN president said do so."I remembered when I was in Nsukka in the 1960s, in those days, if you are a student of any subject at Nsukka, you are free to go any faculty and take a course or two, just for enlargement of your knowledge."But I carried a placard in 2020, Jonathan ceased to be president in 2015, I carried a placard five years in the second term of Buhari but it was twisted that I did what I did in 2015 and everybody swallowed it."https://x.com/i/status/2116834184933068948𝐈 𝐃𝐒𝐝 𝐍𝐨𝐭 π‚πšπ«π«π² 𝐏π₯𝐚𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐒𝐧 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 π€π πšπ’π§π¬π­ π‰π¨π§πšπ­π‘πšπ§ β€” π€ππžπ›π¨π²πž Credit: Facebook | Pastor E A Adeboye --- Follow us for more breaking news and videos https://t.co/WRZX5ANuM4β€” Punch Newspapers (@MobilePunch) November 1, 2026.
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  • ✦The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has dismissed reports that he carried a placard in protest against former President Goodluck Jonathan.Adeboye explained that the viral photograph of him carrying a placard was a prayer walk and not a protest against Jonathan.Addressing his followers in a viral video, the clergyman also recalled how he was called a wicked man by his critics.He said: "They wrote in the papers that Adeboye is a very wicked man.
  • ✦After all, we know that not too long ago he carried a placard against President Goodluck Jonathan and everybody said yes."They brought out the picture of where I was dressed in white and green while carrying a placard, and everybody said see him."When I heard about it I said me carried a placard against Jonathan?
  • ✦Sure I carried a placard and I can't deny that, it wasn't a protest, it was a prayer walk."We wanted to pray and the CAN chairman said all churches should do a prayer walk near their churches and that's what I did in Ebute Metta, a walk is a walk, whether prayer walk or not."Have you ever heard of somebody carrying a placard on a walk?
Key Facts:2020: I did it because the CAN president said do so."I remembered when I was in Nsukka in the 1960s, in those days, if you are a student of any subject at Nsukka, you are free to go any faculty and take a course or two, just for enlargement of your knowledge."But I carried a placard in 2020, Jonathan ceased to be president in 2015, I carried a placard five years in the second term of Buhari but it was twisted that I did what I did in 2015 and everybody swallowed it."https://x.com/i/status/2116834184933068948𝐈 𝐃𝐒𝐝 𝐍𝐨𝐭 π‚πšπ«π«π² 𝐏π₯𝐚𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐒𝐧 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 π€π πšπ’π§π¬π­ π‰π¨π§πšπ­π‘πšπ§ β€” π€ππžπ›π¨π²πž Credit: Facebook | Pastor E A Adeboye --- Follow us for more breaking news and videos https://t.co/WRZX5ANuM4β€” Punch Newspapers (@MobilePunch) November 1, 2026.
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The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has dismissed reports that he carried a placard in protest against former President Goodluck Jonathan.Adeboye explained that the viral photograph of him carrying a placard was a prayer walk and not a protest...

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The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has dismissed reports that he carried a placard in protest against former President Goodluck Jonathan.Adeboye explained that the viral photograph of him carrying a placard was a prayer walk and not a protest against Jonathan.Addressing his followers in a viral video, the clergyman also recalled how he was called a wicked man by his critics.He said: "They wrote in the papers that Adeboye is a very wicked man.

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I did it because the CAN president said do so."I remembered when I was in Nsukka in the 1960s, in those days, if you are a student of any subject at Nsukka, you are free to go any faculty and take a course or two, just for enlargement of your knowledge."But I carried a placard in 2020, Jonathan ceased to be president in 2015, I carried a placard five years in the second term of Buhari but it was twisted that I did what I did in 2015 and everybody swallowed it."https://x.com/i/status/2116834184933068948𝐈 𝐃𝐒𝐝 𝐍𝐨𝐭 π‚πšπ«π«π² 𝐏π₯𝐚𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐒𝐧 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 π€π πšπ’π§π¬π­ π‰π¨π§πšπ­π‘πšπ§ β€” π€ππžπ›π¨π²πž Credit: Facebook | Pastor E A Adeboye --- Follow us for more breaking news and videos https://t.co/WRZX5ANuM4β€” Punch Newspapers (@MobilePunch) November 1, 2026.

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