The Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, South-East zone, on Sunday, advised the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), to borrow a leaf from former President Umaru Yar’Adua and reconsider his hard stance on the incarceration of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu.
This is following the Buhari-led regime’s insistence that it would allow the courts to decide Kanu’s fate.
But speaking during a prayer rally in Enugu by the PFN, the National Vice Chairman, South-East of the Christian body, Bishop Maxwell Korie, said the stand of the Federal Government was not in anyone’s interest.
The cleric, who expressed worry over the level of insecurity in the zone, said dialogue remained the solution to the problems.
He said, “We are deeply concerned with the level of insecurity in the South-East zone and having reviewed the situation, we urge the Federal Government to invite the agitation groups to a dialogue table to negotiate their issues and misgivings.
“The past administration of the late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua used dialogue to solve the problems of the Niger Delta region. So, we advise the incumbent administration of Muhammadu Buhari to borrow a leaf from the Yar’Adua administration.
“This is the sure and fastest way towards resolving these issues.”
Speaking on the 2023 presidential election, he re-echoed the PFN stand that the body would vote against any political party that fielded a Muslim-Muslim ticket.
He said, “Any joint ticket of two Muslims in the office of the President and the Vice President in the forthcoming 2023 general elections shall not be tolerated. It is dead on arrival.
“All the political parties should take note of this, especially the two major political parties, the All Progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party.
“All PFN blocs have already been instructed to mobilise and vote against such a political party that fields two Muslims in the presidential election come 2023,” he added.
He disclosed that the solemn Assembly and prayer rally was born out of God’s vision to the National President of the PFN, Bishop Francis Wale Oke.
He stated that it is the church’s responsibility of Jesus Christ to preserve Nigeria as one single entity and prevent it (Nigeria) from disaster and destruction.
In his remarks, the Enugu State Chairman of PFN, Bishop Godwin Madu, urged Christians to despair and remain prayerful and resolute.
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