IBADAN, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA) – The All Progressives Congress national youth leader, Dayo Israel, is once again a topic of controversy on Twitter as a youth pastor in the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Daniel Olawande has blown hot over speculations that the APC man is also a pastor.
Speculations about Dayo Israel’s position in the church began after the presidential election which saw Bola Tinubu, a presidential candidate of the same party he belongs, emerge winner.
A video clip of the APC national youth leader speaking on the podium of one of the church parishes in Lagos sparked outrage with many supporters of other political opponents dragging him for “blasphemy”
According to the netizens, Israel fanned bigotry before and during the presidential election leading to thuggery and disenfranchisement.
A tweep, @UnkleAyo said: “One of the easiest thing to be apart from being unfortunate is to be an RCCG Pastor.
“Just have money, wear fine clothes, make one donation, go to church consistently for 2 months – I bet both of my testicles that the Parish Pastor himself will DEFINITELY approach you.”
Man_Friyo also tweeted: “That’s one thing I admire about our people that adhere to the other religious faith. They will never drag their faith and the leaders of their various sects in the mud like we christians do casually.”
@_drenchaglas on his part said: “Dayo Israel is an RCCG pastor?
“We need to start interrogating the process of ordination in that church.”
Reacting to the controversy on Wednesday, 22 March, Pastor Daniel Olawande warned everyone that curses Daddy G.O, Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye, stating that the church ministers are meek and quiet, and that it doesn’t mean they are fools.
His tweets read: “To think that RCCG will now respond because of your tweet or anger on twitter, haba no no no, rccg doesn’t need to respond but I can respond as a privileged National Youth President of RCCG, Youth Evangelist and Pastor of @rccgtheenvoys and a SON OF PASTOR E.A ADEBOYE (DADDY GO).
“You said RCCG is bad & you think the church will go down because of your anger on Twitter, no no, it is God’s church and it keeps growing because COVENANT IS DIFFERENT, come to @rccgtheenvoys @rccgthebridge @rccgthroneroom @rccglsc_ @ymrglobal & many others to experience revival.
“You said RCCG has bad pastors, you mentioned some, it’s ok, where children of God gathers, the children of the devil will be there too, but now let me help you, RCCG is in 196 Nations with over 400,000 pastors, RCCG should have some not-too-good pastors out of this crowd ooo.
“Let’s go to the bible, Jesus picked only 12 disciples, I mean Jesus ooo, one betrayed Him, another denied him 3 times, another doubted Him, which means 3 out of 12 had issues. That is 25% of Jesus’s team had one flaw or the other, now RCCG has 400,000 ministers in 196 nations.
“You mentioned some names Like Dayo Isreal and all that, I know Dayo Isreal, He grew up in RCCG National Headquarters, is still a member, and attends almost all meetings but HE IS NOT A PASTOR IN RCCG. Rccg invites guests to speak to youths & the church about different topics.
“You don’t expect a pastor, maybe a full-time pastor like me to speak on medical issues because I am a pastor, I should invite a medical doctor, If I want to teach politics, that is not speaking in tongues, I need a politician, preferably a member of the church to speak to us.
“So you might ask, why are there bad eggs in church, THE CHURCH IS A HOSPITAL, NOT A PERFECT PLACE, PEOPLE COME TO BE TREATED, SOME IN ICU, SOME IN EMERGENCY, SOME IN THE WARD AND SOME ARE TOLD TO GO HOME AND COME PERIODICALLY FOR TREATMENT. OUR WORK IS TO TREAT THEM WITH THE WORD.
“Ask doctors, treatment can be administered but responding to treatment is left to the patient to follow the doctor’s prescription & also to God for healing. Thomas, Repented, Peter Repented, and Judas hanged himself. Pastors will teach & pray but people choose if they’ll change.
“Since I knew my father in the Lord, @PastorEAAdeboye His message has been Holiness, salvation, rapture, and humility, but he won’t force people to change, he will at best implore them and pray for them, if we emulate him correctly we will live like him as he follows Christ.
“Some of my fellow youths that are angry on twitter at RCCG now have siblings who they can’t control, have friends who have become something else, yet you talk against a church with 400,000 pastors in 198 countries, and even some of us cannot manage just 20 staff in our business o.
“BUT LET ME WARN EVERYONE THAT CURSES DADDY GO @PastorEAAdeboye, THAT WE ARE MEEK AND QUIET DOESN’T MEAN WE ARE FOOLS OO, IF YOU PROVOKE US FURTHER BY CURSING OUR FATHER WE WILL COME FOR YOU, YOU WILL BE SHOCKED THAT WE ARE NOT FEW. OUR FATHER IS NOT YOUR TOOTHPICK OOO.
“It’s funny how you want to curse people and expect their children to watch you, it’s ok not to agree on politics and other things but please don’t curse the baba because he didn’t endorse your candidate publicly, he has never publicly endorsed a candidate and won’t.”