The ranks of the governorship
aspirants in Ekiti State swelled on Sunday as a Church General Overseer, Pastor
Tunde Afe, joined the race.
Afe, the founder of House of
Faith Christian Centre in Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital, said he was
desirous of fielding a Muslim as a deputy governorship candidate to send a
signal that Nigerians were one in spirit.
Unveiling his ambition at the
church’s premises, Pastor Afe stated that he would neither use the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) nor the All Progressives Congress(APC) as a platform,
saying the two parties had greatly disappointed Nigerians.
The cleric said time had come for
all Nigerians, particularly those that mean well for the country to rise up and
take leadership positions, to prevent total collapse of the system due to
activities of corrupt politicians.
The prophet stated that he had
begun a process of consultations with critical stakeholders on the choice of
political party with the right ideology to contest, assuring that the party
with a well fitted ideology will be adopted and such will be made public soon.
He said: “I didn’t receive any
special direction before taking this step, because every Nigerian knew that the
country is in dire need of good leadership and as a man of God who believes that
things must be done properly, I have no reason to sit back while things
degenerate.
“Look at what is happening in
Nigeria today, I mean killings everywhere and the best way to address this is
by using Ekiti as a launch pad for good governance in Nigeria.
“My church has been into role
modeling for the youths and also organizing leadership trainings for them to be
good leaders in future. We are tapping into all these to make Ekiti great.
“All those that had ruled Ekiti
did their best, but I think I can do better because I won’t take whatever that
doesn’t belong to me as a benefit in government because I fear God.
“Let me say this, if all the
governors and those occupying leadership positions take what are legitimate due
to them alone as benefits, Nigeria will be far better than this and that is
xactly what I am going to use my aspiration to teach”.
On his decision to choose a
muslim as Deputy, Pastor Afe stated that “since both Muslims and Christians are
Nigerians with legitimate rights, nothing stops me from picking my deputy among
the Muslims.
“The issues affecting Nigerians
today knew no religion. It knows no ethnic group, so what we need that we
should those who have the fear of God to take charge and Nigeria will be better
for it”.
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