A senior minister of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) has been accused of fleeing with $8,000 meant for church expansion projects, abandoning his wife in South Africa, and starting a new life with another woman in the United States.
The startling revelation was made by Pastor (Mrs.) Folu Adeboye, the wife of RCCG’s General Overseer, Pastor Enoch Adeboye.
Pastor Folu made the disclosure while addressing men at a recent RCCG event, a video clip of which has since gone viral on social media. Speaking candidly during her ministration, she recounted the experience as a painful example of betrayal within the church community.
According to her, the pastor involved—originally from Ekiti State, Nigeria—was assigned to an RCCG parish in Cape Town, South Africa. During one of her routine missionary visits to the city, Pastor Folu said she was surprised to discover that the church’s Sunday service was being held inside a fast-food restaurant.
She described how, mid-service, a woman entered the venue and began folding up chairs, indicating that the congregation had exceeded its allotted time at the facility. Alarmed by the situation, she approached the pastor to ask about the steps needed to secure a permanent place of worship for the growing parish.
The pastor reportedly told her that about $8,000 would be sufficient to initiate the process. He then proposed an alternative plan: purchasing a second-hand vehicle to lease to a tourism company in South Africa, with the profits being directed toward purchasing land for the church.
Convinced by what appeared to be a well-thought-out strategy, Pastor Folu released the funds to the pastor. However, what followed shocked her deeply. Rather than use the money for the intended mission, the pastor allegedly disappeared, leaving his wife behind in South Africa and later resurfacing in the United States, where he remarried.
Pastor Folu expressed deep sorrow over the fate of the abandoned wife, stating that the woman had suffered immensely, both emotionally and mentally, due to her husband’s betrayal.
“That woman is now in a terrible condition,” she lamented. “She has nearly lost her mind because of what happened to her. She was left behind with nothing, and he’s now living a new life in America.”
Speaking to the male audience at the church programme, Pastor Folu issued a stern rebuke and a heartfelt call to spiritual renewal. She urged Christian men to reject deceit and hypocrisy and instead commit to lives of integrity and righteousness.
“RCCG men, what are we going to do?” she asked passionately. “Shall we continue to serve God with lying lips and deceitful hearts? It’s time to return to truth and holiness.”
She went further to emphasize the need for Christians to return to foundational values rooted in faith, sacrifice, and unwavering obedience to God.
“We must go back to the old path—the path where we trust Jesus completely, where we say, ‘Wherever He leads, I will follow,’” she said.
Pastor Folu also took a moment to reflect on the early years of RCCG’s global headquarters, Redemption City, situated along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. She recalled how the church’s leadership endured great hardship and discomfort for the sake of the gospel.
“For three years, there was no electricity. We lived with lanterns, we ground our grains with stones. And yet, where we came from, we had modern conveniences like grinding and washing machines. But we gave all that up for the work of the Lord,” she shared.
Her message, while sobering, was ultimately a call to return to purity and dedication in service. The example of the runaway pastor, she noted, is a warning to the body of Christ about the dangers of spiritual compromise and misplaced priorities.
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