Deputy Inspector-General of Police, Adedayo Adeoye (retd.), has given reasons why the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), should drop plans to prosecute RCCG’s Pastor Adeboye.
Adeoye said it will be impossible for Malami to successfully sue the clerics because the move will spark heated nationwide reactions from their many followers.
The former police chief said more tension will be triggered if the federal government through Malami files a suit against the clerics.
The former police chief in an exclusive interview with Punch noted that the AGF should not file a lawsuit against Adeobye and Kumuyi because they are not against the federal government.
He stated that the religious leaders are only propagating the gospel through the platform.
His words: “These are men of God, they cannot use it against the government, they use it to propagate the gospel. So, we should leave them and allow them to continue.
“If the government goes ahead to prosecute them, their followers may react, and they are expected to react.
Thousands of people will follow them to court and the court will have a problem in accommodating them.
The judge and magistrate will then hide himself or herself somewhere. The government should be quiet on the matter and allow it to die a natural death.”
Recall that Nigeria’s Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, had announced an indefinite suspension of Twitter operations in Nigeria.
The federal government had accused the social media site of engaging in activities that would undermine the nation’s existence.
In a bid to enforce the ban on Twitter, Malami threatened to arrest and prosecute anyone who tweets in Nigeria, as many use VPN to bypass the blockage.
