Church leaders position in the war against kidnappings is colored by political interest

DPA News has had the opportunity of comparing the way certain church leaders addressed criminality under different administrations.

Two men of God readily come to mind – Reverend Father Ejike Mbaka of the Adoration Ministry and Pastor Enoch Adeboye of the Redeemed Christian Church of God. The same social and political conditions that Mbaka condemned during President Jonathan’s administration were tolerated during President Buhari’s administration.

In similar pattern, Adeboye was working to organize a million man match to protest the increasing spate of kidnapping during the tenure of Jonathan. But faced with a worsening of the same problem under President Buhari, Adeboye merely calls for prayers. He was an activist during Jonathan’s days, but a man of God during Buhari’s government. Questions can be asked why this noticeable inconsistency.

Apart from these two church leaders, there are others on the other side of the scale. They were more tolerant of Jonathan than they have been of Buhari. This is a surprising development because the church and the men of God are expected to operate above politics.