The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of
God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has postponed the Light Up Sokoto Crusade scheduled
to hold physically in the North-West state from May 16 to 17, 2022.
The 80-year-old cleric made the announcement on Monday in a
social media post.
Instead, the physical crusade was held virtually, and
members of the church were enjoined to join via social media platforms to pray
for Sokoto.
Some Muslim youths had last Thursday stoned and burnt a
200-level Home Economics student of the Shehu Shagari College of Education in
Sokoto, Deborah Yakubu, for alleged blasphemy of Prophet Muhammad.
The police arrested two suspects and protesters had on
Saturday demanded their release.
The young demonstrators turned violent, vandalised, looted
and burnt traders’ shops, churches and residential apartments perceived to be
owned by Christians, even as the state governor, Aminu Tambuwal, imposed a
curfew on the state.
Adeboye had been holding a series of crusades in states
across Nigeria.
Adeboye, in a social media post, said though the physical
gathering was postponed, the church would keep interceding for Sokoto.
He wrote, “Postponed but God turned it around. We Trust In
Our God’s Big Picture Plan!
“When God turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like
them that dream.
“We serve a God who specialises in using the impossible
situation for His glory.
“If you are in doubt, look closely at the death and
resurrection of Jesus! Devil thought he killed Him, but His death and
resurrection resulted into life for many. He keeps turning it around for our
good. It is in this might that we
proceed!”
The Christian Association of Nigeria had called for a nationwide protest slated for May 22 to demand justice for the slain Sokoto student, even as her murder continued to attract widespread anger.
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