The Senior Pastor and Founder of The Covenant Nation, Pastor Poju Oyemade, has come under heavy criticism online over a controversial tweet asking Nigerians to move with the outcome of the 2023 election that produced Bola Tinubu as president.
OsunDailyNG reports that the clergy, in a post shared on Twitter linked the 2023 presidential election to a football competition, stressing that winning is the priority irrespective of the players involved.
He tweeted: “For everyone who loves Nigeria, you want the country to win regardless of who is playing. Just like you want your favorite team to win the trophy even if the coach didn’t field your preferred players, when your team scores you are happy. Let’s stay focus it’s all about the country winning”
However, many netizens slammed Poju over the post, and he did not hesitate to block such users from his timeline.
@kunmydrey wrote: “Pastor Poju Oyemade is blocking people because they are calling out his sermon, which encourages Believers to accept CORRUPTION or MANIPULATION and move on like nothing happened. This is not the same pastor i encouraged others to listen to. I thought the Goal was heaven… Bola Tinubu has CORRUPTED so many people”
@Harmless12345 wrote: “Pastor Poju, please be careful. You’re now going against the script and directives from our WhatsApp HQ
“The plan is to gaslight and deceive them with your negative preaching. Blocking them would only reveal our intentions. Please, our admin is not happy with how you’re threading”
@mimikanulor wrote: “Pastor Poju, give your life to Christ. Stop deceiving your members. It is not too late to turn to Christ”
@austrostine wrote: “Christ didn’t die so vain men of God like pastor poju can mount the pulpit. The church in Nigeria is making a mockery of Christianity”
@NaijaFlags wrote: “Can we help Pastor Poju understand that BAT rise to power involved destruction, theft, and loss of lives? Is this aligned with the Lord’s teachings? Even to this day, many believers struggle to forgive Satan due to his malevolent actions”
@alonika wrote: “Pastor Poju blocked numerous of his church members for disagreeing with his mischievous tweet”
@Franeb wrote: “You can block me all you want Pastor Poju.But this is just like you encouraging Wururwuru to the answer for your child. Regardless of how they get the results as long as they’re progressing. This is a very shameful statement from a supposed “Man of God”
@azange_peter wrote: “Pastor Poju Oyemade does not see anything wrong in illegality! He believes in winning by all means and damning the consequences. He wants Nigerians to celebrate the “victory” of our team regardless of “who is playing.” If Nigeria fields INELIGIBLE players from Guinea or those on”
