Politics
Famous Nigerian Pastor Under Attack After ‘Pro-Tinubu Tweet’, Blocks Critic
By GWG Politics Editor
Famous Nigerian pastor, Poju Oyemade was at the weekend under attack on social media after what many saw as a political tweet supposedly couched to give accommodation to the emergence of President Bola Tinubu.
In the tweet Oyemade, who is pastor of The Covenant Nation, TCN, had called on Nigerians to put patriotism above personal considerations irrespective of who is playing. According to the tweet, Nigerians should prioritise the collective goal of winning the match irrespective of who is playing.
He tweeted thus:
His tweet was followed by a barrage of attack with many notably from the Obidient range, including some members of his church with many hurling Biblical verses on social justice as enunciated by Jesus, The Christ to counter Oyemade.
While Pastor Oyemade at one time sought to explain that his tweet did not mean that people should not criticize, he, however, got to the point of blocking a twitter user who identified as a Christian worker who in a thread attacked his claims using biblical and social narratives.
GWG.ng gathered some of the developments.
jimmy (Hulk) – LP @diisa2002
This is shameful coming from a god of man. The election period has really opened and exposed a lot of people sha. It is really sad! Deep down inside of you, you know the truth but you just want to be seen as a part of those in support so they can’t come after you. God will display the exact miracle most of you preach about to you very soon.
Antioch O.C @Mr_Antioch
Pastor way don backslide, shut up! 2Peter 2:21 says It would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than to have known it and then to turn their backs on the sacred command that was passed on to them.
sylvia3 🦆 @Kaosygal
You can’t keep putting a fresh wine in an old torn sack and except it to hold.
Stop telling Nigerians to settle for mediocrity using cloak of God.
God is a perfect being who doesn’t see a spade and call it a shovel.
ÒGÁ ÀGBÀ (ACTI) @ADE2472001
And again Election is not a game is about lives of the citizen of a country and not a football game
Me: i have given up on all these so called pastors i now pastor myself because i believe if the country is good you won’t find people in churches anymore. Thats their fear.
Adaorah @mkpuru_mbu
This tweet pain me sha cos Covenant na my church.
Dr King Luther @SeniboOti
Dis are dia problem we have in Dis country no justice rather we move on as if nothing happened. For d church to move on pls @pastorpoju start paying ur members dat are jobless n dose whom dia salary is below 50k should stop paying tithe n offered so d church can move on for gud
Charles Patricks @calgarybitz
na people wey dey attend him church i blame. this one will sha encourage yahoo boys go to on as far as the aim is to make money.
chigoziem Okonkwo @chigoziemokonk1
like they all made me a better Christian now I stay indoors study my Bible give my tithe to the needy or whichever church comes to my mind. these guys are businessmen
Nene @onyinye_nnenna
There are men of God and there are motivational speakers. Choose this day who to follow.
Unjoerated Joe 🗨 @Unjoerated
You guys are great embarrassment to the Christian community.
Start changing your churches to social clubs or an arm of APC.
There is nothing righteous in you guys. 2023 elections have exposed you all.
Thanks to Peter Obi
sameObi @same_Obi19
They always bring this man most esp to talk like this whenever they know they wanna do something sinister
But not today Dear god of man tell your sponsors that Nigerians are not having it again. Not today not ever..
I have noticed it’s like a pattern for them.
However, one Twitter user identified as Revolutionary Youth took Pastor Poju Oyemade to task in a twitter thread leading to him being blocked by the man of God from launching further attacks on him.
Revolutionary Youth noted that Pastor Oyemade had blocked him after his series of tweets that was perceived as an attack, posted thus:
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