RCCG: Obazee Vowed To Remove Adeboye, Was Disrespectful
Jim Obazee, Former Executive Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria (FRCN)[/caption]
More revelations are coming to the fore on the heels of the shocking resignation of Pastor Enoch Adeboye as General Overseer Nigeria of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) as the church claimed that the sacked Executive Secretary/Chief Executive Officer of the Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria (FRCN), Mr. Jim Obazee, had vowed to remove.
Head of the church’s Media and Public Relations, Pastor Segun Adegbiji, made the disclosure on Thursday in Lagos, and also confirmed that Obazee was a zonal pastor with RCCG and, at a time, refused to honour Pastor Adeboye’s summons over alleged infractions.
Adegbiji explained that when the General Overseer noticed some infractions and sent for the then zonal pastor, he (Obazee) immediately replied that he was in his office and if Pastor Adeboye really wanted to see him, he knew where to reach him.
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Pastor Adegbiji further said that the recent changes announced by Pastor Adeboye, last week, which caused a stir in the polity, were informed by the provisions of the FRCN Act, explaining that the General Overseer does nothing without consulting God. According to him, “God may have decided to carry out the reforms for a purpose though such appointments were not new to a growing church like RCCG which has branches in 192 nations of the world.
“The newly appointed country overseer, Pastor Joseph Obayemi may remain the overseer in charge of Nigeria operating from his current regional headquarters in Somolu in Lagos.
“The national headquarters of the church remains in Ebute Metta, Lagos, while the global headquarters is at the Redemption Camp, but the new country overseer, Pastor Obayemi may not immediately move to the Ebute Metta headquarters because it will be administratively inconvenient for him to operate from the headquarters of another region.”
Adegbiji insisted Pastor Adeboye had not resigned and appointed a successor: “The General Overseer has not stepped down. He is still the General Overseer of the church and the announcement has not diminished his schedule across the globe.”
