Excitement As RCCG Pastor Emerges As Abia Monarch Designate
- A pastor of the Redeem Church of God has bagged a kingship position in Abia state after a long and rigorous process
- The pastor identified as Prince Eberechukwu Oji emerged as the Eze Aro of the Arochukwu ancient kingdoms in Abia
- Speaking on how he would discharge his duties to the people as a cleric and a monarch, he said there is no conflict between religion and culture
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Abia state, Umuahia - A pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Prince Eberechukwu Oji has emerged as the Eze Aro of the Arochukwu ancient kingdom.
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RCCG pastor speaks on his task as the Eze Aro of the Arochukwu ancient kingdom
Pastor Oji, who is the Eze Aro designate, is a member of the lineage that produces the Eze Arochukwu royal family, in Abia state.
In an interview with The Nation, on Thursday, November 9, Pastor Oji promised to lead the people of Arochukwu with the fear of God, adding that the Arochukwu Ancient Kingdom under his watch would witness tremendous change.
Asked if his pastoral calling would not clash with the cultural belief of the Aro kingdom, the Eze Aro designate said:
“We have to separate the religion and culture as there’s no conflict between both. While we preserve our culture, we ought to also separate our culture from idol worship and I will exercise the kingship to all Aro and not to a certain few.”
Meanwhile, Eze Aro is one of the revered traditional stools in Igbo land because of the significance of the stool to the Aro kingdom and its historical value to the Igbo race.
What Pastor Adeboye told me, Prince Olaoye reveals
Olaoye earlier opened up about what the General Overseer of the RCCG, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, told him about becoming Soun of Ogbomoso.
The governor of Oyo state, Seyi Makinde, on Saturday, September 2, approved Olaoye as the new Soun of Ogbomoso months after the kingmakers presented his name.
Speaking after he became the choice of the kingmakers, Pastor Olaoye noted that he had personal reservations about the ancient throne. He noted that Adeboye advised him not to fight what he was born for.
Soun of Ogbomoso: Facts about Afolabi Ghandi Olaoye
Until his selection as Soun, Olaoye was the Pastor of RCCG Jesus House, Washington DC, United States of America.
He was born to the royal family of Olaoye, one of the five royal families alongside the Oyewunmis and Ajagunlades in Ogbomoso. The new Soun's wife is also a pastor, Mrs Omo Olaoye. The new monarch and his wife are blessed with two daughters.
Pastor Olaoye has led RCCG churches in three countries: Nigeria, Germany and the United States. He has also travelled to several other countries for clergy work.
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