By Olusegun Olanrewaju
Presidential aspirant and journalist, Dele Momodu, has urged church leaders, particularly of The Redeemed Christian Church Of God (RCCG), to stop mixing religion with politics.

Momodu’s admonition came in the wake of declaration of support for the church, asking others to create directorates for politics.

In a post entitled, ‘My Kobo dvice To The Redeemed Christian Church Of God(RCCG),’ Momodu warned that the mixture of religion and politics is the easiest way to create trouble in Nigeria.

“Naturally,” the aspirant said, “I feel that I owe it a duty to tell our church leaders, and our church in general, the gospel truth and nothing, but the absolute truth.

“In the light of my relationship with the RCCG, this duty is even more imperative and compelling. I believe the leaders of the RCCG have laboured so hard to build one of the most formidable churches in the world.

“Nothing must be done to inadvertently cause a cataclysmic storm in the House of God. And the easiest way to create trouble in Nigeria today is any attempt to mix religion with politics.”

According to the publisher, “It goes beyond lighting the blue touch paper. It is like combining some highly combustible ingredients together in a chemical laboratory.
“It is not just that the effect may not be too pleasant, it is that the result and consequences will be catastrophic. God forbid.”

Momodu added, “As soon as I read the memo establishing a political arm of our church, I realised this was nothing but an invitation to Armageddon, if true.

“For that reason, at first, I assumed the memo was a joke, a fake document that was merely meant to stir the hornets’ nest, so I did not pay too much attention to it.

“However, when it started flying in every direction to my phone, I knew someone had touched the tiger by the tail. I started working the phones to speak to a few contacts who should know about it and be able to confirm the veracity or otherwise of the document.

“The outcome was a resounding yes, the document had emanated from the church and was acquiesced to by the upper echelons.

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“I asked for what the motive(s) could have been, and the general conspiracy theory was that our church was setting up an extensive network for the obvious presidential ambition of the current Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, although couched in terms which ostensibly suggested that the church wished to support all of its congregation who wished to contest the next general elections and made their aspirations known to the newly formed church department.

“Personally, that theory didn’t jell with me.”