RCCG Leader, Adeboye Visits President Buhari in London

Among the list prominent personalities who visited President Muhammadu Buhari in the United Kingdom before his arrival in the country swelled was the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, in Abuja House, London.

 Buhari expressed gratitude to Adeboye for both the visit and his prayers.

The President who expressed his gratitude on his twitter handle @MBuhari, also prayed God to continue to bless Adeboye and his work.

According to Buhari on Twitter, "I thank Pastor Adeboye for visiting today and for his prayers and good wishes. May God continue to bless him and his work."

Adeboye’s visit came 24 hours after Buhari received the President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, in the UK.

Speaking with THISDAY last night in a telephone conversation on Adeboye’s visit, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, described the visit as a show of goodwill from Adeboye, whom he described as a man of tremendous influence across the globe.

Adesina said Adeboye’s visit was significant, saying it further proved wrong the erroneous conception that Buhari was a religious bigot, pointing out that Adeboye’s visit to his principal only underscored the level of his acceptability beyond his own religion, Islam.

“It is a show of goodwill from a man of Adeboye’s standing, one of Times Magazine’s100 most influential people in the world, who is the leader of millions of Christian faithful across the world.

“His visit to Buhari is also significant because the man had been erroneously tagged a religious bigot. This visit shows Buhari’s acceptability across all faith,” Adesina stated.

Earlier, Adesina had announced Adeboye’s visit to Buhari on his Facebook page with photographs without giving details. He had only said: “President Buhari receives General Overseer Worldwide of the Redeemed Christian Church of God at Abuja House in London on August 18th, 2017.”

The visit of Adeboye yesterday also showed that in the last one week, Buhari had been visited by three groups of individuals. Last weekend, he received his media team and some other aides led by the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed.

Also in the team were Adesina; Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu; Lauretta Onochie, Personal Assistant to Buhari on Digital/Online Media, and Mrs. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Senior Special Assistant on Diaspora Matters.