Written by Obinna Akukwe
The claims by an administrative pastor with Redeemed
Christian Church of God, Elias Ozikpu that he was sacked from the church after
his participation in the ‘Revolution Now’ protests pioneered by Omoleye Sowore,
under the Lagos Province 48, headed by Nigeria’s Vice President Yemi Osinbajo
is very worrisome.
Elias Ozikpu also alleged that all his numerous letters for
his six months’ salary arrears prior to his sack to be paid, copies of which he
sent to VP Osinbajo and GO Adeboye, is yet to be attended to.
I advise the RCCG leadership that sacking a pastor for participating
in a protest in Nigeria filled with evil government officials as a matter of
policy, is not right. Protests are means of bringing the attention of evil
rulers to their responsibility. The church should even lead in such. I advise
relevant authorities to bring back the sacked pastor, pay his entitlements and
not muscle activists within their fold because one day the church will need
people like Elias Ozikpu.
Elias Ozikpu is an activist and a professional playwright,
novelist, essayist and polemicist.
Read Excerpts of Pastor Ozipujun’s Complaints Below;