RismadarVoice Reporters, June 29, 2026
The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has lauded United States President Donald Trump as the most effective politician he has encountered, crediting him with following through on commitments rather than merely making them.
The cleric made the comments recently while addressing the US-Nigeria Faith Heroes Award Gala, hosted by the Save Nigeria Group in Washington, D.C.
Adeboye clarified that his admiration for Trump does not stem from agreement with every policy decision, but from what he sees as the president’s consistency between word and action. He recalled that during Trump’s first term, a former US ambassador to Nigeria had asked for his impressions of the new American leader, to which he responded favourably, citing Trump’s tendency to act on stated intentions.
He contrasted this with what he described as typical political behaviour, where leaders often speak in ways designed to avoid commitment. Trump, by comparison, he said, tends to act first and explain afterward making him, in Adeboye’s view, someone whose statements should be taken seriously as warnings of imminent action.
The clergyman also revisited concerns he had raised the previous year, after reports suggested Trump was considering military action against Nigeria over the country’s security crisis. Adeboye said he felt compelled to speak out publicly at the time, warning that even precision strikes carry the risk of civilian casualties, and suggesting he believed Trump had seriously contemplated such action on more than one occasion.
In response, he said he urged the Nigerian government to pursue a diplomatic resolution while simultaneously stepping up its own counterterrorism efforts. Specifically, he recommended that officials request a 100-day grace period from Washington, give military leadership a 90-day ultimatum to rein in insecurity or step down, and pursue known financiers of terrorism.
Adeboye said he later relayed this same counsel directly to President Bola Tinubu and First Lady Oluremi Tinubu, encouraging the administration to open diplomatic channels with the Trump White House.
He further pushed back against criticism that Tinubu has not done enough to address insecurity, arguing that the president’s responsibility ends with issuing directives to military commanders, and that implementation falls to those executing the orders.
Drawing a parallel to Trump’s own approach to military decisions, Adeboye noted that the American president similarly delegates execution of any military directive to those responsible for carrying it out, rather than personally overseeing operations.
