A video has emerged showing preacher Esther Ajayi distributing Easter food packages at a church service, with the items branded with the image of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The footage, which circulated widely on social media, shows the cleric handing out the packages to congregants during a service marking the Easter holiday. The packages featured the president's likeness and were labeled with references connecting them to Tinubu's administration, though no official government agency was named in the distribution. The church event took place in Lagos, where Ajayi leads her congregation. Public reactions have been mixed, with some praising the gesture as charitable while others questioned the political overtones of using a religious gathering for material distribution bearing a sitting president's image. Ajayi did not comment on the source of the packages or whether the distribution was coordinated with any government office.
Using presidential imagery to distribute food at a church service blurs the line between spiritual space and political branding. Esther Ajayi's decision to hand out Tinubu-branded packages turns worship into a platform for political visibility. For Nigerians, this raises concerns about how public figures leverage religious settings for indirect political promotion. It also invites scrutiny over who funded the items and whether state resources were involved.
