- Pastor Adeboye took a hard-hitting approach as he spoke candidly about the challenges plaguing the Dangote Refinery in Lagos, a project that has become the beacon of hope for Nigeria’s future economic independence.
- He outlined the hurdles the refinery has faced, some of which seem to come from forces determined to see it falter at every step.
Pastor Enoch Adeboye, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, has unleashed a fiery indictment of an insidious plot that threatens to derail Nigeria’s chances of economic independence.
In a searing address at the November 2024 Abuja Special Holy Ghost service, Adeboye exposed a dangerous scheme involving an oil cabal within Nigeria, working hand in hand with powerful international oil companies (IOCs) to systematically undermine private refineries like Dangote Petroleum Refinery.
According to him, these forces, driven by greed and a desire to maintain their chokehold over the country’s oil sector, are allegedly sabotaging efforts to establish self-sufficiency in fuel production and perpetuating the nation’s reliance on crippling fuel imports.
In his impassioned address, Adeboye reminded the congregation that it was by divine inspiration that Aliko Dangote embarked on the monumental task of building the refinery, after countless failed attempts to revive the country’s public refineries—efforts that had wasted billions of Naira with minimal success.
He emphasized that Dangote’s refinery represented not just a business opportunity, but a chance for Nigeria to break free from the chains of fuel dependence and build a self-sufficient future.
Yet, despite this beacon of hope, Adeboye painted a grim picture of the lengths to which powerful individuals are willing to go to stifle the refinery’s success.
With a sense of urgency and fervor, the pastor called on all Nigerians to pray for God’s intervention in this critical battle.
“Are we under a curse?” he asked.
“We have four refineries, we poured all kinds of money into them, none of them is working.
“But God raised someone to build a refinery that works. He is not my relative; he is not from my village. He is not even a Christian, but he is a Nigerian who says, ‘Why should my people suffer when I have the means to build a refinery that can work?’
“Now he is refining petrol, and some people want to stop him from selling it, so they can keep importing.”, The cleric continued
Pastor Enoch Adeboye’s fiery statements on the sabotage of Dangote’s refinery did not go unnoticed, and as expected, they ignited a fierce wave of counter opinions from various quarters.
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