Adeboye offered prayers for Sowore after church service

Omoyele Sowore, the presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), said Enoch Adeboye, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), prayed for him and showed faith in his success.

Mr Sowore shared this in a Facebook post on Sunday after attending the RCCG’s National Thanksgiving Service at the church's headquarters in Ebute Metta, Lagos.

The AAC candidate, who went to the service on invitation, said he was joined by his party’s National Chairman, Samuel Ajeigbe.

Mr Sowore mentioned that he had a private meeting with Mr Adeboye after the service where the cleric offered to pray for him.

“He stated that he follows my activities religiously, expressed certainty that my path is honorable, and said he is confident of my triumph,” Mr Sowore said.

He pointed out that this was the second time he met Mr Adeboye at the same place.

According to Mr Sowore, their first meeting was in 1996, shortly after he finished his National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) programme, when he worked on a campaign against campus cultism.

“Thirty years later, we met again at the same place,” he said.

Mr Sowore expressed gratitude to the church members for their warm welcome and thanked Mr Adeboye for the prayers and conversation.

He also clarified that his visit was not meant to push any political agenda.

This meeting came as Mr Sowore faces trial at the Federal High Court in Abuja over social media posts where he called President Bola Tinubu a “criminal” and claimed corruption in Nigeria.

The State Security Service (SSS) is prosecuting him for those posts.

The latest update in the case involves a disagreement about whether SSS Director-General, Tosin Ajayi, should come to court as a defence witness.

At the proceedings on Friday, Mr Sowore’s lawyer, Adeyinka Olumide-Fusika, renewed the request for Mr Ajayi to appear in court.

The defence wants the SSS chief to speak about a letter dated 7 September 2025 that asked Mr Sowore to take back his posts about Mr Tinubu.

Mr Olumide-Fusika said an SSS official who testified earlier could not answer questions about the letter properly because he acted on Mr Ajayi’s orders.

The defence had previously dropped its request to subpoena Mr Ajayi after the Attorney-General of the Federation, Lateef Fagbemi, entered the case in July and opposed the request.

The prosecution has also opposed the demand for Mr Ajayi to appear personally.

The judge has postponed the case until 6 October to decide if Mr Ajayi must appear and testify.