What God Told Me About Abducted Oyo School Children — Adeboye

The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has said God told him the abducted Oyo school children would be released in a dramatic manner.

Adeboye spoke about the abduction of school children and the killing of one of their teachers by kidnappers in Orire Local Government Area of Oyo State during the US-Nigeria Faith Heroes Award Gala organised by the Save Nigeria Group in Washington, D.C.

Speaking during the programme, which was broadcast live from the United States, Adeboye said he faced criticism for remaining silent while Nigerians prayed and fasted for the release of the abducted school children and their teachers.

“Some people were accusing me of being quiet at a time when I should be talking,”

He further said, “I was compelled to cry unto God because we have been fasting, we have been praying for a particular group of school children that were captured, and the kidnappers felt that the government was not reacting fast enough to give them the money they asked for. They slaughtered their teacher and showed the video to the rest of the world.”

Adeboye said he questioned God over the mockery directed at Christians who were fasting and praying for the victims, adding that God told him their release would be dramatic but did not reveal the timing.

“I said, Father, you have heard them. They said where is our God? Answer them now. And then God spoke to me. He told me that as for the release of the children, it’s going to be dramatic,” Adeboye said,

He added that God also spoke to him about what would happen to those sponsoring terrorism and kidnapping in Nigeria, though he did not disclose the details of the revelation.

Adeboye recalled an African proverb which says that after an elder has eaten soup, nothing should make the soup spill, no matter what happens around him.

He expressed his pain over the impact of insecurity, particularly on Christians, describing the situation as difficult to bear.

Addressing those behind violence in Nigeria, Adeboye said some were known but remained beyond human intervention.

“There are certain people in my country, only God can deal with them. There are some people, I regret to say, who are untouchable,” he said.

Using his background as a mathematician, Adeboye referred to Newton’s First Law of Motion, saying nothing changes unless an external force compels it.

He said this was why he believes divine intervention, alongside pressure from international and government forces, could change Nigeria’s security situation.

Adeboye appealed to the international community to use diplomatic influence to support Nigeria, stressing that insecurity affects people of different faiths.

He also called for unity between Christians and Muslims in Nigeria, recalling that he grew up in a family where both faiths lived peacefully together and mentioning Muslim relatives such as Halimi and Rasak.

“All we are asking for is that Christian and Muslim can live together in peace,” he said. “We want that back.”