ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- Ahead of the 25 February Presidential election, not less than 100 pastors and prophets in Rivers State have declared support for the standard-bearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu and his running mate, Senator Kashim Shettima.
The clerics under the auspices of Rivers Pastors Unite for Tinubu (RPUT), said the APC candidate remained the only person with the capacity to solve the country’s problems.
Rising from their meeting in Port Harcourt, on Monday, the Coordinator, RPUT, and Founder, One Life Bible Church, Pastor Sunday Edimeh, said none of the presidential candidates had supported the Christian community as much as Tinubu has done.
However, Edimeh noted that their position applied only to the presidential election and had nothing to do with the governorship and other elections in the state.
Quoting from the scriptures, Edimeh urged the Christians to stand for the truth and reciprocate Tinubu’s good deeds to the Christian community by mobilizing votes for him across the country.
He further urged Christian leaders and their followers to shun any presidential candidate playing a Christian or religious card ahead of the February poll.
His words: “None of the leading Presidential candidate has supported the Christian community as much as Bola Tinubu. He has sown only good seeds on the soil of the Christian community and such should never be dismissed.
“We call on fellow clergymen and women to stand with the truth at this time. We are aware that a Presidential candidate is playing up Christian agenda but the pertinent question is before now , how has he uplifted the Christian community?
“The choice of a running mate does not in any way, pose a threat to the Christian community. Hence, let us dissociate from the cold-hearted proclivities of political transition, which seek to orchestrate needless divisions based on religious grounds. Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has not presented any conduct to suggest his non-tolerance for the religious sentiments of all Nigerians.
“As a matter of fact, he has through his personal life, demonstrated an utmost liberal nature and tolerance in giving support to his wife, Senator(Pastor) Remi Tinubu’s spiritual convictions to practice Christianity and serve as a minister of the gospel of Christ.
“The nation’s democratic political antecedent, with all past Presidents and Vice-presidents from Southern Nigeria being Christian, proves a fair disposition towards Christian stakeholders and these religious debates are not founded on critical analysis. We urge the Christian community not to withdraw support based on religious grounds. We must remain loyal to the gospel of love into which we have been called.”
Other clerics who attended the meeting were Pastor Julius Dan of the Apostolic Church Nigeria; Apostle Stephen Ngajaekwu, Christ King of Glory; Pastor John Monday, QWA Iboe Church among others.