Eliminate Terrorists Within 90 Days Or Resign, Adeboye Tells Service Chiefs
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Enoch Adeboye, the leader of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), has asked Nigeria’s security leaders to remove terrorists within 90 days or resign.
In a video shared on the church‘s X account on Tuesday, Adeboye called on the federal government to quickly deal with the country‘s security problems.
“If I were asked to make suggestions, I would say quietly to our government, move fast. And tell our security chiefs, get rid of these terrorists within 90 days, or resign,” Adeboye said.
The cleric noted that religious leaders can only offer advice to political authorities, and that the final responsibility rests with the commander-in-chief.
Adeboye said he advised late President Muhammadu Buhari who gave security chiefs a similar deadline to tackle Boko Haram, but that the directive was not fully achieved within the timeframe.
In 2021, Buhari ordered the then service chiefs to “take out” bandits, kidnappers, and their sponsors.
The late president said the military should take action before problems happen instead of waiting for things to go wrong. Adeboye said the former president followed this advice by giving orders to security leaders, but didn’t make sure everyone followed them after the set time was up.
“He ran with that advice, but didn’t follow through. Because he gave the order as the commander-in-chief of the armed forces. The three months went by, and the work wasn’t done,” he said.
The RCCG general overseer said he later questioned the former president about his decision not to act after the deadline passed, but didn’t share details of their conversation.
He urged the current government to make sure any orders given to security leaders go beyond stopping terrorists to also going after those who fund and support them.”
“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, they should eliminate their sponsors, no matter how influential they may be,” Adeboye added.
His comments come amid renewed concerns over insecurity across the country, following a series of kidnappings, attacks on communities and abductions of students in recent months.
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