2023: Pastor says those inviting politicians to campaign in churches are Nigeria’s problem

The President of Nigeria Coalition of Pastors for Good Leaders, Apostle Babatunde Oguntimehin has said clerics and others inviting politicians to campaign in churches are problems of the country.

The pastor stated this during an interview with The Nation on Saturday, January 21, 2023.

Asked about the insinuations that clerics should not get too involved in politics. He said; “the electioneering process is God’s way of choosing his own to rule over his people. It’s as if we do not read our Bible.

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When Judas Iscariot misbehaved and was condemned, the remaining disciples conducted an election that produced another person to fill the position of Judas Iscariot, Matthias won the election. That was the first election conducted in the New Testament.

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Before the New Testament, when God sent Jonah to Nineveh, something happened to people in the boat, they didn’t know what was happening, and they had to conduct an election to know what was happening. After they conducted the election, the lots fell on Jonah where he was hiding, which led to his being discovered.

The Bible said when the righteous are in power, the people will rejoice. Who are the righteous?

Are we not Christians? Are we not Muslims? Are we not the righteous ones? If someone is godly, I am not talking about being religious because religion is what is killing us in Nigeria today.

I am talking about a godly attitude that I have found in Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Who is godly? Who is a leader? Someone interested in the welfare of others. And BAT is interested in the affairs of everybody in this country. That is a godly person. Look at how many people BAT has raised, and how many families he has impacted. So why are you now comparing such a person with Obi who was a governor in Anambra State for eight years but couldn’t mentor anyone?

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What informed your decision to throw your weight behind Tinubu?

We held prayers and vigils for all candidates, in the process, God revealed to me that heaven had a hand in his coming to become president and he would stabilise Nigeria.

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Let me use the opportunity to speak out on the revelation I recently received. I was told that any further attack on him will attract the wrath of God. This is because any attack on him is an attack on the throne of grace. Heaven has a hand in his candidature as the one to stabilise Nigeria. God is interested in the affairs of Nigeria and God cares less about the denomination or religion of the person. All those attacking him on social media as regards his health, the statements he is making, his age, and everything, should stop. God is not happy with these attacks and God will not be happy with anybody that attacks him that is what has been revealed to us. Tinubu is heaven’s choice and this is a challenge to him, if he doesn’t know this yet, he should start having the mindset that heaven has a hand in his candidature and they will hold him responsible for the welfare of Nigerians If he misuses the opportunity.

We have seen prominent pastors welcome a Christian presidential candidate to their programmes which aligns with some interest in CAN, won’t your decision to support Tinubu amount to betrayal?

We are not just coming up for Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s (BAT) sake or because he is a member of APC. Our name is Nigeria Coalition of Pastors for Good Leadership not Nigeria Coalition of Pastors for Tinubu. The group has been existing since 2014. We are not bothered about a party. We prayed and God told us the candidate to support.

Moreover, we have no political party in the real sense of it in Nigeria. The last time we had one was during the days of NPN, UPN, and so on. What we have today is people jumping from one party to another to get what they want. What we have in Tinubu is a candidate that God has sent to deliver us from the hand of people that are terrorising Nigerians and give us good leadership.