The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), a political and cultural association of leaders in Northern Nigeria has advised Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, to avoid religious and ethnocentric issues if he wants to remain relevant in the political scene.
The Forum’s Secretary General, Murtala Aliyu, made this known while reacting to the leaked audio conversation between Obi and Living Faith Church General Overseer, Bishop David Oyedepo.
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In the audio, Obi was heard telling Oyedepo to admonish his members and Christians to vote for him during the February 25 general elections.
Aliyu went on to remind Obi that the past United States government failed following the Evangelicals support.
According to Aliyu: “On the leaked video, even though the matter is dying now, the trust is that there is nobody that can rule this country under certain ethnic or religious sentiments and succeed.
“Nigeria is a complex country, and anybody with such an agenda from which every part of the country or religion is unlikely to succeed because it will be glaring.
“It is not only here in Nigeria, you could see what the downfall of Donald Trump became when the evangelicals supported him.
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“I think if Peter Obi wants to continue to be relevant in Nigerian politics, he should wean himself of these religious or ethnocentric issues and become a Nigerian in person and in politics.”
Aliyu charged religious leaders to refrain from using the pulpit to campaign, adding that they should advise their people to pick good leaders.
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