The founder and presiding bishop of the Living Faith Church Worldwide, aka Winners’ Chapel, David Oyedepo, has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to resign over persistent Fulani militant herdsmen killings.
In a YouTube video posted by the church’s official page, the cleric made this call on Sunday at its headquarters in Ota, Ogun State.
With this development, Oyedepo has joined other notable clerics – including the Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Church, Abuja, John Cardinal Onaiyekan; and a former Archbishop of the Catholic Church in Lagos, Cardinal Anthony Olubunmi Okogie – who have asked Buhari to quit his position over failure to secure the lives of Nigerians.
The cleric told his congregation that although he was not partisan, he would not be alive and not talk about the massacre of Nigerians, especially in the Middle Belt, by suspected Fulani herdsmen.
Speaking on the theme, “Enough is enough,” he said, “When I was talking in 2015, people were saying my own was too much, now everybody can see what’s happening. What has moved forward in anybody’s life? You don’t know it’s war. Why are they attacking the Christian communities? Why has nobody been arrested? I can tell you this, the authorities and the powers that be are behind them.
“I will never be partisan; Jesus got me out of it in 1984. But I will not be alive to see innocent people massacred.
“We must wake up and push this evil back. Not one of those so-called herdsmen – they are jihadists – has been brought to book till date. Herdsmen don’t shoot; they have been here all along. They are just taking cover under the herdsmen to assault innocent citizens. They wake up in the night and slice innocent children to pieces. Yet, you have a government in place. What!
“The most honourable thing for any non-performing leader to do is to resign. The most honourable thing is to resign. That’s my own for Mr President. Resign! Get out of office! Even our Islamic friends in the North are calling on him (Buhari) to resign. Because that’s the noblest thing to do. Or are we going to look at one system destroy a whole nation?”
Oyedepo also warned Nigerians against the ceding of land to the Fulani herdsmen for ranching, as proposed by the Federal Government.
He said, “I’m going to say this and I’m not going to be tired. This (Nigeria) will never be a Fulani republic. That is not our terms of agreement. It will remain a secular nation till Jesus returns. It’s not just (about) land, it’s (about) heritage.
“Forever, I stand on the fact that no government has the authority to collect land from those who own it and transfer it to another person because on the other side (presumably the north), it never happens.”
God bless you Oyedepo
ReplyDeleteI cant just understand why people will see the reality and will remain mute.
All this herdsmen stories here and there are propaganda to cover the factual reason behind killing and maiming of innocent Christians.
It's never about land as the man of God rightly pointed out, it is about heritage and religion.
One thing for sure whether anybody or group likes it or not, NIGERIA will continue to remain a secular state till Jesus come.
If you don't like it, continue waging your useless Jihad in whatever guise. It wont change NOTHING
He who fan the amber of violence will first be consumed. No more free money, maintenance of private jet is becoming harder, the killings are perpetuated by 'you guys' to discredit the government, their political wing PDP died and continued to refuse resurrection, therefore nobody is surprised over your vituperation against PMB. Try to learn how to earn legitimately from legitimate business, you will then love PMB and by then you will be good christain.
ReplyDeleteI absolutely agree with you Man of God.
ReplyDeleteThe killings in the North and the North South is so rampant and unprecedented in the history of Nigeria. It was Boko Haram during Jonathan regime, now,it's herds men. The same Boko Haram has metamorphose into herds men. Nigerian presidents does not understand the real meaning of of being a leader. Therefore does not know the pride involve, for this reason, how will they know the plight of the citizenry and their thoughts, then talking about resigning when there's no security in the country, with the severe economic doldrums, and every other governmental procedures and policies thrown into jeopardy. There is the laid down rules and regulations as entrenched in our constitution for leaders who can't lead, and, therefore lost popularity.
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