Some 24 hours after SaharaReporters revealed that
controversial "miracle" prophet, T.B. Joshua, had
secretly purchased a $60 million private jet, our
investigators have learned that another high profile pastor,
Enoch Adejare Adeboye of the Redeemed Christian Church of
God (RCCG), has taken delivery of a brand new jet.
The sources familiar with Pastor Adeboye's purchase of the
new Gulfstream aircraft disclosed that the jet's arrival
coincided with the pastor's floating of a luxury jet company,
Emmanuel Aviation. Although the aviation company reportedly
existed since 2009, it had just unveiled a website to announce
its swanky fleet and aviation services.
Pastor Adeboye's Gulfstream G550 luxury jet was
manufactured in Savannah, Georgia State in the US. The jet,
which was made in 2013 is far newer than the one bought by
Pastor TB Joshua.
Information obtained by SaharaReporters revealed that Pastor
Adeboye took delivery of his brand new jet in May 2015.
The brand new Gulfstream G550 jet purchased by Pastor
Adeboye
We learned that, with the arrival of the US-registered jet,
N730EA Gulfstream G550, Pastor Adeboye has jettisoned an
older Gulfstream GIV with tail number N707EA that used to
ferry him around the world on his preaching missions.
Our sources said the leader of the Redeemed Church
personally owns Emmanuel Aviation to which the two jets are
registered both in the US and Nigeria.
An aviation expert explained that Nigerian jet owners prefer
US registration of their jets because such registration grants
them generous landing rights worldwide.
Pastor Adeboye becomes the second Nigerian pastor to start
a private airline in the country. The first operator of a private
airline was the controversial prosperity preacher and
billionaire pastor, Bishop David Oyedepo. The Winners Chapel
pastor owns two aircraft in his Dominion Air Company. One of
Pastor Oyedepo's jets is a Bombardier Challenger 604 with
registration number N664D while the other is a Beechcraft
19000D with registration number (5N-WCI).
Nigerian prosperity pastors have emerged as some of the
wealthiest preachers in the world, but their luxury lifestyles are
at variance with the squalor and poverty of most members of
their churches.
Apart from owning a jet company, Pastor Adeboye's RCCG
also owns sprawling real estate along the Lagos-Ibadan
Expressway. Former President Goodluck Jonathan and his
wife, Patience Jonathan, are reportedly among politically and
socially privileged Nigerians who own multimillion dollar
mansions at the RCCG.
