By Wale Ojo-Lanre
Haba Pastor Adeboye why me? What did I do, Baba Pastor Enoch Adejareota Adeboye? What have I done, Sir? What exactly have I done to deserve this? Ro the best of my knowledge, Baba, I have not taken any wrong step against you. I have not done anything wrong against your interest. Why me now? Pastor Adeboye, I hate you not! Neither do I -Lanrespersion on you and your church, though I am not a member of your church, Sir.
Just because I am a born Catholic and that I will remain one till death do us part and I am sure, there will be Catholic Church in heaven; hence, I am a confirmed Catholic. Both in Usi-Ekiti, Our St Joseph’s Catholic Church, the first Catholic Church where the first Mass was ever held In the old Ondo State, and Kwara over 106 years ago. And even here in Ashipa Village, Ibadan at St Anthony Church.
I am not a hidden figure, and I don’t meddle with religion. I don’t limp with it. I was once inside the Camp! Yes, Baba, once; if you could still remember. When one Minister of Works who came with a mission, which was whether to demolish part of the Church or not; when some devil infested mind wanted to use the occasional traffic slug being experienced along the road as an excuse to destroy the work of the living Jesus!
But the Minister of Work then, who is dead now, employed native reasoning and probably divine touch, abandoned his initial motive on getting into the camp and found out that the planner was not lawless.
Since then, I did not have anything to do pertaining to the Camp, except calling on Mother Mary to ensure a free flow of traffic at the side of the camp, whenever I have the opportunuty of travelling to Lagos!
Moyo rarely misses your Sunday preaching on the TV; I realised she has discovered your TV station, which she has decided to elope with after Mass on Sunday. I respect and cherish your pastors. One of them is my BOSS and leader, Pastor Segun Olatunji, whose character, acts and deeds are daily winning souls for Christ and who has let the light of the Redeem Christian Chuch of God, RCCG, shine in him, making people to glorify God in heaven.
Some of them were my mates at the Lead City University, Ibadan, where I studied Law So, honestly, I am also not against tithe or tithing. Anybody who does not want things to get tight for him should pay tithe. It is a matter of choice.
So sir, upon all these, I wonder why you, Baba Adejare Adeboye will be so unto my neck! Pressurising me and begging I, Wale Ojo-Lanre, a mere tourism reporter; grand son of the late Iya Oniru from Usi-Ekiti and a grand father for that matter. A chronic Catholic, a fanatical ‘Glory to Jesus, Honour to Mary and Joseph,’ to accept your friendship on Facebook? Baba Adeboye, why? Why? Why?
And God will strike them down with the fiercest stone of thunder those who impersonate Baba Adeboye and exploiting unsuspecting Nigerians on Facebook, and on any of the social media platforms.
