The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has attributed British-Nigerian boxing champion Anthony Joshua’s survival in a fatal road accident to what he described as the mercy of God.
Pastor Adeboye made the remarks on Sunday during the church’s monthly thanksgiving service, where he spoke on the role of divine mercy in preservation, citing Joshua’s recent accident as an example.
Joshua survived a crash that occurred last Monday along the busy Lagos–Ibadan Expressway.
The accident claimed the lives of two of his friends, Ayodele Kelvin, a 36-year-old Nigerian-British citizen, and Gami Sina, also 36, a British citizen, while others sustained injuries.
Quoting from Lamentations 3:22–23, Adeboye said survival is not a result of human wisdom but divine mercy.
“It is by the mercies of the Lord that we are not consumed. We are alive because of the mercies of the Lord, not because of cleverness,” he said.
The cleric added that reports indicated Joshua had exchanged seats with someone shortly before the crash.
“The people he exchanged seats with died. I don’t know why, but the mercy of God said someone would still be alive today,” he stated.
Speaking further from Psalm 89:1, Adeboye urged congregants to take the message personally, noting that the use of singular expressions in the Psalms highlights personal significance and divine intervention.
