August 12, (THEWILL) -The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, says Nigeria is already fighting some serious wars and that the country does not need more wars.
Adeboye’s comment followed the controversy over the proposed deployment of soldiers to Niger Republic by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) under the chairmanship of Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu.
Speaking on Saturday, during the church’s 2023 Convention, Adeboye said Nigeria is already fighting many wars, including those against kidnappers, terrorists, and killer herdsmen, amongst others, noting that the country does not need more wars but to win the ones it is battling
Recalling memories, the 81-year-old cleric said he witnessed the Nigerian Civil War between July 1967 and January 1970, adding that he will choose peace over war any day, anytime.
“We are still fighting wars against hunger, we are fighting some serious wars and sure we don’t want more wars. We want to win the ones we are fighting and we don’t want fresh ones; whether within or without our borders.
“Nigeria still needs a lot of prayers. I’m a small boy but I was at the battlefront during the civil war; not as a soldier but I lived near the battlefront and what I saw, if anybody asked me to choose between war and peace, I would choose peace.
“And we are already fighting many wars in Nigeria, we are fighting wars against kidnappers, we are fighting wars against terrorists. There are still places in Nigeria today where when people go to bed, they are not sure they would not be killed before tomorrow morning.
“We are still fighting wars against some people, who feel that if you are a farmer and you plant, then what you have planted is food for their cows and if their cows come to eat your harvest and you complain, they kill you,” he said.
