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Nigeria - Former President of the Christian Association of Nigeria, Anthony Cardinal Okogie, in an interview published by PUNCH has described how Obas (Yoruba monarchs) were disloyal to former president Goodluck Jonathan during the 2015 presidential election campaigns.
"Did you see the photograph I saw; you saw him in the midst of obas; you saw the way they pointed their sticks (at him). If you are a Yoruba man, do they (monarchs) pray with that kind of thing? No way! ‘You want prayer? We will give you prayer.’
"This means they were deceptive. I am not ready to do that kind of thing. If it is the last bullet, I will rather die and meet my God. This is one thing that is wrong with this nation: we have many people that are ready to do anything because of money. They don’t think about their neighbour.
He also said religious leaders should be blamed for the role they played in Jonathan's defeat, saying they didn't warn him of what lied ahead of him like he (Okogie) did.
"Did you see the photograph I saw; you saw him in the midst of obas; you saw the way they pointed their sticks (at him). If you are a Yoruba man, do they (monarchs) pray with that kind of thing? No way! ‘You want prayer? We will give you prayer.’
"This means they were deceptive. I am not ready to do that kind of thing. If it is the last bullet, I will rather die and meet my God. This is one thing that is wrong with this nation: we have many people that are ready to do anything because of money. They don’t think about their neighbour.
He also said religious leaders should be blamed for the role they played in Jonathan's defeat, saying they didn't warn him of what lied ahead of him like he (Okogie) did.
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