BREAKING: Bishop ‘Attacks’ Bishop Oyedepo

BREAKING: Bishop ‘Attacks’ Bishop Oyedepo

Archbishop Josiah Idowu-Fearon, Chairman of the Kaduna State Peace Commission (KAPECOM), has urged religious leaders to see themselves as instruments of unity and not let their personal preferences guide their interactions with the public.

Bishop Idowu-Fearon was reacting to a statement credited to the General Overseer of Living Faith Church, Bishop David Oyedepo, that, ‘the number of people who vote for APC in 2023 will determine the number of mad people in Nigeria’.

Bishop Fearon stated that it is wrong for any religious leader to tell his congregation to vote for a specific political party because each congregation is made up of people with diverse political views, and democracy is about freedom of choice.

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He spoke on the sidelines of a meeting of political parties, candidates, and stakeholders for peaceful campaigns and elections in Kaduna State, where 18 registered political parties, 14 Governorship candidates, and candidates for the National Assembly and state House of Assembly signed a peace accord.

The event was organized by KAPRCOM with assistance from Hope Action Progress, Legal Awareness for Nigerian Women (LANW), ActionAid, Christian Aid, Global Community Engagement and Resilient Fund (GCERF), SARVE, and Global Peace Development (GPD).

The Anglican Bishop expressed dismay that Nigerian religious leaders now want to be seen as rulers, a situation he believes is detrimental to the country and its democratic processes.

He said Nigerians must be allowed to vote their choices regardless of religion and tribe, adding that, “let candidates manifestoes and competence speak for them and not their religion or tribe.

“Religious leaders are part of the political problems we have in this country. Some of them want to be rulers which is a wrong concept bringing about unnecessary sentiments”.