Adeboye urges journalists to verify stories before publication.
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Says misinformation threatens public trust, clarifies prayer-walk photo, Tinubu comment By OLAYINKA LATONA The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye, has urged journalists and social media influencers to verify information thoroughly before publishing, warning that misinformation could damage reputations and erode public trust.
Adeboye spoke at a monthly special thanksgiving service and prayer session organised for social media influencers, creative industry practitioners, content creators and drama ministers at the church’s national headquarters, Throne of Grace Parish, Ebute-Metta, Lagos.
He said media practitioners and content creators had a responsibility to investigate claims before disseminating them, noting that unverified reports could mislead the public. The cleric used the occasion to address two claims about him that had circulated in the media. He denied protesting against former President Goodluck Jonathan, explaining that a widely circulated photograph of him in white and green attire carrying a placard was taken during a prayer walk in 2020. According to him, the walk was organised in compliance with an instruction from the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, for churches to hold prayer walks in their neighbourhoods.
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