Pastor Adeboye’s sexist post riles thousands on Twitter

The name of Nigerian pastor Enoch Adeboye is among the top global trends on Twitter, used more than 34,000 times in the last 24 hours.

It follows an Instagram post in which the pastor paid tribute to his wife of more than 50 years, Foluke, on her birthday in terms that many people regarded as sexist, writing:

Quote Message: It does not matter what is on her itinerary, if I say I would like you to go with me to so and so place… she would cancel whatever she was to do and come along with me.

It does not matter what is on her itinerary, if I say I would like you to go with me to so and so place… she would cancel whatever she was to do and come along with me.

Quote Message: The husband is the head of the wife. No matter how educated or successful you are, your husband is your head and you must regard him as such at all times.”

The husband is the head of the wife. No matter how educated or successful you are, your husband is your head and you must regard him as such at all times.”

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Plenty of people have criticised the pastor, including calling his words “ugly”, and saying he shouldn’t be using the occasion of his wife’s birthday to focus on the “power” he feels over her: