How Pastor Adeboye named me Abraham, father of the nation – Tinubu

Tinubu made the disclosure during a meeting with the Christian community and members of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in Kano State on Monday.

“The day my wife was ordained Pastor in the Redeemed Church, I was there,” Tinubu said. “Pastor Adeboye gave me Abraham, I said what is the meaning? He said watch out, the father of nation.”

Tinubu, a former Lagos State governor, made the statement in defence of his decision to pick former Borno State governor Kashim Shettimma, a Muslim like himself which has caused outrage in the Nigerian political scene ahead of the 2023 presidential election.

The APC presidential candidate’s wife, Remi, was ordained a pastor in RCCG in August 2018 – which Tinubu referenced as proof of his religious tolerance to appeal for support from the Christian community .In June, CAN announced that it opposes the APC Muslim-Muslim ticket for the presidential election, citing imbalance and insensitivity to religion in Nigeria.