Olusegun Obasanjo, a former president, has claimed that the 2023 elections might make or destroy the country. Obasanjo also warned religious leaders in Nigeria not to let politicians ruin their country, warning that doing so would be regrettable for the whole nation.
When the Most Reverend Daniel Okoh, the newly elected President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), paid Obasanjo a visit at his penthouse apartment at the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL) in Abeokuta, Ogun State, he made this statement.
In a statement released on Wednesday by his media assistant Kehinde Akinyemi, Obasanjo said that religious leaders should hold politicians accountable for their actions.
In a statement released on Wednesday by his media assistant Kehinde Akinyemi, Obasanjo said that religious leaders should hold politicians accountable for their actions. Obasanjo asserted that “if we do not monitor it, the politicians will ruin this nation and we’ll all regret it,” adding that “if you stand on the truth, you stand for justice and equality, it is then the politicians would not be able to muck us about.”
If not from God via the religious leaders, where else might the country seek for rescue, the former President pondered.
Politics, according to Obasanjo, “is not for the virtuous,” which is a mistake from the past, particularly in Christendom.
Politics, according to Obasanjo, “is not for the virtuous,” which is a mistake from the past, particularly in Christendom.
The unrighteous, he said, “will smear the righteous with the unrighteousness that they will carry into politics, so if we pull the virtuous away from politics and we leave politics to the unjust.”
Obasanjo warned that if the elections in 2023 are not handled carefully, Nigeria might fall apart.
And if we don’t pay attention to the upcoming election, it might make or break Nigeria. It will make Nigeria, I pray,” Obasanjo reportedly said.
