President Tinubu Is Doing Well, Deserves 2nd Tenure---Pastor Mike Adewale

President Tinubu Is Doing Well

OpenLife News reports that at 37, he left a comfortable job at the Central Bank of Nigeria to answer a call he says was not about money.

35 years later, Pastor Mike Adewale, Senior Pastor and General Overseer of the Bible Way Church, has built a ministry spanning Lagos and Ibadan — training children to university on scholarship, feeding the less privileged every last Sunday of the month, counselling parents, and preaching in prisons.

But in this explosive interview with OpenLife Senior Staff Writer, Isaac Ngumah, the Osun-born former Computer Science graduate of the University of Ibadan exhibits the traits that he does not only stay in the pulpit.

He dives headfirst into the fire of 2027: defending President Tinubu as bold and performing, declaring that anyone who cannot see his achievements “needs to examine their heads,” insisting BVAS has ended rigging, and warning that Nigeria is living as two countries.

From state police and forest guards to Christian genocide, Deborah’s stoning, tithes, fake pastors, babalawo, private jets, and whether men of God should enter politics — Adewale holds nothing back.

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Give us an introduction about yourself.

I am Pastor Mike Adewale, the Senior Pastor and General Overseer of the Bible Way Church.

Tell us about your journey into ministry and What were you doing before you ventured into ministry?

I am from Osun State. I studied Computer Science at the University of Ibadan and I worked with the Central Bank of Nigeria before yielding to the call of God. I yielded to the call when I was about 37, 38 years old.

How many years have you been in ministry now?

35 years now.

What made you go into ministry? Was it based on the monetary aspect? What was the motive?

It is a call. It was not about money.Interviewer: What are the signs that have proved your calling into ministry?Pastor Adewale: Google the Bible Way Church and see for yourself.

Tell us about your focus and mission in ministry

To win people to Christ.

Tell us about your grassroots evangelism and the expansion of your ministry

We mobilise people, we talk to people, and we reach out to people. We are in Lagos State and Ibadan, Oyo State.

Tell us about your challenges in ministry

Parental failure, that is very systematic in Nigeria and the world.

On 2027 General Elections, Tinubu & Governance

What can you say on the 2027 general elections?

The elections can be viewed from two angles: the person that is there, is he doing well? A completely dispassionate assessment is that if he is doing well — and the President has done what no other president has done in this country.Now in Germany, in France, in the US, everywhere the fuel problem is everywhere.

To make it look as if it is only Nigeria’s problem, I don’t believe that is fair in any way.

Regardless of every other sector — in terms of agriculture, infrastructure, etc. — he is doing well. He is bold in taking decisions that an ordinary person will not take.

Everybody knows what he is doing is the best for the country.When you look at how elections are won, they are won on the strength of structures.

You don’t just win elections just like that. You win elections by the structures that are put in place.

When governorship elections take place in 28 states and some parties don’t have governorship candidates in 16 states.

When you don’t have governorship candidates in such huge number of States, who is then representing you in about 16 State in the country? And how does that person intend to win?

All that we need to do is to watch the President work and to credit his works.

Some people are saying that if people cannot see the achievements of the President, they need to put on eyeglasses. What is your take? And what can you say on the criticism against the President and that he needs not to continue in power?

In fact, they need to examine their heads. Whoever cannot see what he is doing needs to examine their heads. They must be having a brain problem.Most of all these things are political talks.

What can you say on election rigging and election manipulation ahead of the 2027 general elections, and what do you think should be done to those involved in rigging?

Since the BVAS machine was introduced by the Jonathan administration, it has put an end to election rigging in Nigeria. You cannot rig with BVAS.There is no rigging, and how can you rig? I don’t believe in election manipulation in Nigeria today.

What can you say on irregularities in the voters’ register?

INEC is working on that.

Christians and Muslims have signed a peace accord pledging to resist hate speech, divisive agendas and political manipulations ahead of the 2027 general elections. What is your take?

Good luck to them. On whose behalf are they signing them?

What can you say on the attempt by politicians to use young people as political thugs in the 2027 general elections?

Parental failure. If you don’t train your children very well, you will find your child in such acts.

On Insecurity, State Police & National Issues

What can you say on the nation’s persistent insecurity, and how can the country address insecurity in Nigeria today?

Now, is Nigeria more secure than Israel, than America? This is just negative propaganda. Insecurity is a global problem today. State police is good. Our hunters must be involved.

What can you say on the recent State Police Bill that has been signed into law?

It was there before. The state police is coming back. It will bring reforms to the police force, and create security for the people.

What can you say on the establishment of Forest Guards to curb insecurity in Nigeria today?

Beautiful. It is a very good step.

Some preachers have asked youths to arm themselves in self-defence against terrorism. What is your take?

God is our watchman, in Psalm 127.

How can religious tensions in Nigeria be addressed?

God will take away those powers behind these problems and then there will be peace in Nigeria.

What can you say on religious freedom in Nigeria today, and on the Christian genocide claim?

When it comes to the North-West, North-East, they are living as if they have a different country. It is a clear fact that there are two countries in Nigeria. The stoning of Deborah in the North attests to that.

What can you say on the country’s growing debt? We are able to pay the debts. The government that will still come in the next 20 years will still borrow.

What can you say on agriculture, food security, pharmaceutical production and infrastructure in Nigeria today? And how can the country unlock its economic opportunities and potentials?

Do you have a farm? No, but I have a farm. I plant what I eat. Until Nigeria goes back to agriculture, we have a long way to go, because agriculture is the strength of nations. We have good lands.I am an engineer, not a financial expert, and they are doing that.

What can you say on the review of the 1999 Constitution?

That constitution doesn’t represent Nigeria and it should be reviewed.

On Ministry, Youth & Social Welfare

Believers have been encouraged to make use of their potentials, gifts and put them into productive use. What is your ministry doing to encourage the youths and young people with their talents?

We have trained children up to university and given them scholarships at the same time. We go to prisons, from time to time, we counsel the parents, we conduct seminars and workshops.

Tell us how your ministry has supported the less privileged

We send them to university and every last Sunday of every month we distribute food to them.

Church Controversies

Some people are saying that church leaders are making tithe payment compulsory with conditions on church members. What can you say to these?

Come and attend our services. We don’t do things that way. Tithe payment is right.

Some people are saying most churches are fraud — they go to babalawo to get spiritual powers. What can you say to these? And what can you say on fake pastors and fake miracles in Nigeria today?

What fellowship has light with darkness? Whoever goes to an herbalist should be examined. He must be fake.It is not part of my job to assess them. I didn’t send them on an errand.

What can you say on men of God who go about with private jets and security agents, and on men of God who own schools and hospitals and yet their members cannot afford them?

I don’t judge anybody. I have no comments on that.Interviewer: What can you say on pastors’ cult in Nigeria?Pastor Adewale: It is evil.

Should men of God go into politics? Yes.

What can you say on sexual immorality among men of God today?

No-go area.

More About Pastor Mike Adewale

Q: Who is Pastor Mike Adewale?
A: Pastor Mike Adewale is the Senior Pastor and General Overseer of the Bible Way Church. He is from Osun State, studied Computer Science at the University of Ibadan, worked with the Central Bank of Nigeria, yielded to God’s call at 37-38, and has been in ministry for 35 years. His church is in Lagos and Ibadan.

Q: What did Pastor Adewale say about Tinubu and 2027 elections?
A: Adewale said Tinubu has done what no other president has done, is doing well in agriculture, infrastructure and other sectors, and is bold in taking decisions. He said elections are won on structures and some parties have no governorship candidates in 16 of 28 states, so they cannot win. He said critics who cannot see Tinubu’s achievements need to examine their heads.

Q: What did Pastor Adewale say about election rigging in Nigeria?
A: He said since the BVAS machine was introduced by the Jonathan administration, it has put an end to election rigging in Nigeria. You cannot rig with BVAS. He said there is no rigging and he does not believe in election manipulation.

Q: What did Pastor Adewale say about insecurity and state police?
A: He said insecurity is a global problem and claims Nigeria is insecure are negative propaganda. He said state police is good, it will bring reforms to the police force and create security, and hunters must be involved. He called Forest Guards a beautiful, very good step.

Q: What did Pastor Adewale say about Christian genocide in Nigeria?
A: He said it is a clear fact that there are two countries in Nigeria. He said people in the North-West and North-East are living as if they have a different country, and the stoning of Deborah in the North attests to that.

Q: What did Pastor Adewale say about tithes?
A: He said tithe payment is right. He invited critics to come and attend his services, saying “we don’t do things that way” — meaning his church does not make tithe payment compulsory with conditions.

Q: What did Pastor Adewale say about fake pastors and churches going to babalawo?
A: He said “What fellowship has light with darkness?” Whoever goes to an herbalist should be examined, he must be fake. On fake pastors and fake miracles, he said it is not part of his job to assess them — he didn’t send them on an errand.

Q: Should men of God go into politics according to Pastor Adewale?
A: Yes. Pastor Adewale said men of God should go into politics.