What Pastor Adeboye told me when I met him — Sowore
Asked whether he gave his life to Christ, Sowore said the discussion did not take that direction, stressing that he was not involved in organised religion. The post What Pastor Adeboye told me when I met him — Sowore…
Omoyele Sowore, publisher of Sahara Reporters and a recurring presidential candidate under the African Action Congress (AAC), has built a reputation as a fierce government critic and activist, including his #RevolutionNow movement, which has repeatedly put him at odds with Nigerian authorities. Pastor Enoch Adeboye, General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), is one of Nigeria's most influential religious leaders, with a following that cuts across political and social divides, making any account of a meeting between the two figures notable to Nigerians who track both politics and religion.
The coverage centres on Sowore's recollection of a conversation with Adeboye, in which he says the cleric told him his ways were "pure" and that he prayed for him, without this amounting to any political endorsement. Vanguard's account notes Sowore clarifying that he is not part of organised religion and that the exchange did not touch on a personal conversion, while Leadership foregrounds Adeboye's reported remarks themselves. Neither report gives further detail on when or where the meeting took place, or what, if anything, Sowore believes it signals for his political ambitions.