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• 08 Mar, 2026

The Leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, has said there are individuals acting in conjunction with international actors sponsoring religious genocide, calling for the disbanding of the country's inter-religious council by President Bola Tinubu. The Lagos State-based prophet said this in a statement signed by his media aide, Osho Oluwatosin, and issued on Sunday. Primate Ayodele made it known that the attacks target both Christians and Muslims, dismissing the allegation by the US that only Christians are being killed in the country. This is coming after the prophet built a mosque under divine instructions some weeks ago. According to the prophet, religion is one of the loopholes that will be used against Tinubu's second term, and if it isn't handled, there will be issues for the government. He also urged the President to disband the inter-religious council because they have not been effective. Ayodele said: "There is so much of sentiments in religion, and what we preach sometimes can cause genocide. "The inter-religious councils are not doing anything, they are inactive and have run out of ideas. "I think they should be eradicated and create a better agency that can mediate between the two religions because people there are not serving any purpose. Some of the people there are just fanatics. "Every governor must also preach religious tolerance in their states and abolish anything called religious genocide. "Those who caused these things are sponsored by international bodies and Nigerians but the government isn't taking it seriously, even the minister in charge isn't taking it seriously, and these are the areas they will use to knock Tinubu's second term." Speaking further on his reason for building a mosque, Primate Ayodele noted that he wasn't ready to build a mosque but was sent to build it and not because he wanted favour from the presidency. Continuing, Primate Ayodele revealed that he will be renovating 25 mosques, 50 churches, preaching in 10 mosques and going on pilgrimage to Jedda soon to preach religious tolerance. He also made it known that he has been supplying food to mosques since the fasting began, explaining that when the fast ends, he would give food to some Muslims. He said: "Nigeria cannot be islamized, God has rejected it, and that's why I was asked to build a mosque to bring understanding between the two religions and I am ready to renovate 25 mosques, 50 churches, and preach in ten mosques before the end of this year. "Muslims worship in my church, and I will also go to Eid when the fast finishes. "I will soon go to Jeddah, too, to preach religious tolerance and to say there must be an end to genocide in Nigeria. "For the Eid-el-fitr, I will be supplying food to different mosques, and during this Ramadan period, I have given food to thousands of Muslims; it's all about religious tolerance. "We can bring peace to the world instead of war through religious tolerance. "I don't need OON, CON for any of this; my mission is beyond all of that. "A lot of people believe I built a mosque to get favour for Tinubu. "I wasn't ready to build a mosque, but I was sent to build it. Source: https://theeagleonline.com.ng/?p=843097