The strength of Islam in Nigeria has been exaggerated for political ends, and the violence reported in Kaduna this spring was more ethnic than religious, he said. Akinola said that he never had been afraid to preach anything. Akinola sees the debate on human sexuality in the Episcopal Church as one of many attempts by Satan to distract the church from obedience to Jesus. In an interview, he said that he had never met or knowingly seen a homosexual in Nigeria or the United States. I see myself as someone praying for the grace to do what the Bible says I should do and reject what the Bible says I should not.
Sexual congress can only happen in the context of man and woman in the contract of marriage.
I would say that for me it is simply unacceptable. Akinola noted that the Nigerian Church's biggest problem concerning sexuality was with polygamy. In a more general criticism of the West, Akinola rejects all that science or rationalism might pose in questioning the truth of the Bible. He estimated that 60 to 75 percent of the diocese's churches have contributed. I've been here 30 years, and I don't know any other project that's caught the imagination like this one.