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By Oscar Okhifo
The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has shared a fresh account of what he described as a miraculous healing during a trip abroad.
The testimony has once again stirred public debate in Nigeria over the credibility and focus of miracle narratives by prominent clerics.
The cleric shared the account in a video that circulated widely online on Sunday, saying the incident occurred in a foreign city whose identity he, as usual chose not to disclose.
He explained that the encounter took place during an early morning walk, a routine he said he observes while in a new city or environment after first confirming the safety conditions of his host city.
According to Pastor Adeboye, he had gone out for a walk after making inquiries about how safe the city was, noting that he takes such precautions whenever he is outside Nigeria.
“I woke up very early in the city and went for a walk. Whenever I get to a city, I ask how safe it is and how soon I can go out because I know I’m not in Redemption City, where I can walk at night,” he said.
He narrated that while returning from the walk, a young woman recognized him and expressed excitement at seeing him, saying she and others had been praying for him.
Pastor Adeboye said the woman followed him to the hotel where he was staying and insisted on speaking with him privately.
The RCCG leader said the situation became uncomfortable when the woman attempted to follow him into the lift, prompting him to ask her to explain her problem so he could pray for her without creating misunderstandings.
“I told her not to get me into trouble. Imagine someone seeing me in a lift with a beautiful lady. They won’t know whether I’m going up with you or coming down,” he said.
Pastor Adeboye explained that the woman refused to explain herself and insisted that he would only understand if they went upstairs together.
He said she eventually followed him into his hotel room despite his reluctance.
“I prayed immediately and asked God to help me,” he said.
According to him, the woman then lifted her dress, revealing scars all over her body, which he described as evidence of repeated physical attacks.
“She said, ‘They come every night to beat me.’
The scars looked like someone had been tortured again and again,” he recounted.
The cleric said he cried to God and prayed intensely for the woman’s healing, declaring that anything God had not planted in her life should be uprooted.
“I prayed loudly and cried to God, asking Him to do something about what the enemy had done to her,” he said.
Pastor Adeboye claimed that the result of the prayer was immediate.
“Before she left the room, all the scars were gone,” he said.
However, the account has reignited public debate around miracle testimonies frequently shared by prominent clerics.
Critics argue that such claims are often unverifiable, with beneficiaries rarely identified and details such as their identities, places of origin or family, dates and backgrounds typically undisclosed.
Some Nigerians have also questioned the focus on individual miracle narratives in the face of the country’s worsening social and economic challenges, including widespread poverty, corruption, insecurity and declining living standards.
They argue that if prayers could instantly erase physical scars instantly, similar spiritual urgency could be directed toward Nigeria’s broader national afflictions.
Pastor Adeboye ended the account by offering prayers to those watching and listening, declaring that every form of affliction and “scar of the enemy” in their lives would disappear, even as debate continues over the place of miracle testimonies in addressing broader personal and national challenges.