General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of
God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has revealed why
he will not seek vengeance against killers of Abuja
preacher, Deaconess Eunice Olawale Elisha.
Forty-two-year old Mrs Elisha was hacked to death by
hoodlums on June 9 at Gbazango-West area of Kubwa,
a satellite town in the Federal Capital Territory while
preaching early in the morning.
She was an assistant pastor at the RCCG, Divine Touch
parish, Old NEPA road, Phase 4, Kubwa, before she
was slashed in the neck and stabbed in the stomach
by suspected religious fanatics.
Adeboye, fondly called Daddy G.O by his admirers,
said contrary to calls by eminent Nigerians that he
should seek vengeance against killers of the
evangelist, he would not do so.
He said such move would be counterproductive just as
it would be contrary to what the deceased wanted and
stood for when she was martyred.
According to the revered man of God, if Dcns Elisha
was actually preaching to win souls for Jesus Christ, it
would be unscriptural and anti-Christ to seek to kill
the same souls she sought to save.
Adeboye made the declaration on the occasion of the
second day of the ongoing Ministers Conference at the
Redemption Camp, Kilometer 46, Lagos – Ibadan
Expressway on Friday morning ahead the 64 annual
convention starting August 1.
“I’m not looking for vengeance. I won’t listen to
people asking me to seek vengeance.
“I won’t pursue the case. That’ll be contrary to what
she wanted.
“She wanted them saved, not killed.
“What will their killing do for me?,” the 74-year-old
cleric queried.
Teaching on the topic, “Importance of Mercy,”
Adeboye said since every Christian did not know when
they would die, the time to truly seek God was now.
Making an example out of the slain Mrs Elisha whom
he said was not aware she won’t return home alive on
that fateful day, the Ifewara-born cleric warned that
the end of the age was imminent, hence the
prevalence of vices all over the world.
He said the murdered evangelist finished well and
was, no doubt, sitting at the right hand of her Saviour
for whom she paid the supreme price.
“Recently, some hoodlums went to murder my
daughter in Abuja.
“She was doing her morning cry that morning as she
usually did, armed with a megaphone and her Bible.
“An Imam was said to have sent some hoodlums to
drive her away, but they did something else.
“She didn’t know she won’t return home that day.
“She finished well. She finished strong
“What a beautiful way to go. She’s gone to be with the
Lord,” he stated glowingly.
The man of God said that his joy was predicated on
the fact that another soul was waiting for him in
Heaven.
“My joy is that she finished well and I have additional
soul waiting to welcome me in Heaven when it is my
time,” Adeboye noted.
It will be recalled that husband of the slain evangelist,
Pastor Elisha had, earlier, expressed misgivings in
killing whoever was caught in connection with the
murder, saying he would rather they gave their lives to
Jesus Christ.
Describing his wife as a martyr, he said: “I see her as a
martyr, and she died for Christ. And whether the
people are caught or not, they should forgive them;
my prayer is that if they can accept Christ, that will be
a gain to Christ.”
The slain lady evangelist, who left behind his husband,
aged father, mother and seven children, was buried
last Saturday in Abuja.
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