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DISSECTING BISHOP OYEDEPO'S SUPPORT FOR GEJ AND SAMBO'S ANTI-

CHRIST OUTBURST AGAINST CHURCHES AND PASTOR OSINBAJO AT THE

JIGAWA STATE PDP PRESIDENTIAL RALLY BY B UNMI AWOYEMI

I was shock ed when a man of God, Bishop DavidOyedepo who I respect so m uch said in his chu rch so medays a go that his m embers sh ould slaughter any one thatlooks like a terrorist.

I was sho cked w hen a m an o f God, Bishop David Oyedepo who I respect so m uch sa id in his chur ch

some days a go that his m embers sh ould slaughter any o ne that looks l ike a terrorist. The key word

there is "a nyone that looks like." Bishop David Oyedepo While I am 100% in support of self defense, I abhor

tribal proling and targeting. When this h appens, innocent lives a re bound to be lost. Then in the 3rd

service o f his C hurch o n S unday, January 25, 2015, attended by P resident Jonathan, my de ar Bishop

Oyedepo sa id in a comment directed at President Jonathan We w ill open the gates o f hell on those w ho

oppose you. When G od enthrones you no o ne can de throne you

My Bishop's su pport of Jonathan is a nchored on the false premise thatBuhari is planning to Islamize Nigeria. Nothing could be further from the

truth. IBB not Buhari registered Nigeria as a member of the Organization of

Islamic C onference ( OIC). IBB, Abacha and Abdusalami Abubakar

attended OIC meetings. No P resident of Nigeria h as a ttended OIC

meetings i n the last 15 years u ntil President Jonathan attended an OIC

meeting in late 2014. Buhari never attended any O IC meeting and refused

to join the OIC even though he was a military Head of State possessing

immense p owers. How can the same Buhari now Islamize N igeria in a

democratic se tting which has t he checks a nd balances o f the National

Assembly a nd the Judiciary?

Is m y Bishop a ware of what happened a few days a go? At the Presidential

campaign rally o f GEJ/Sambo in Jigawa state on January 2 1st, 2015, in thepresence of President Jonathan, Vice President Namadi Sambo stated in


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investigation of Boko Haram and in which he concluded that the PDP

founded Boko Haram and nances its terrorist activities.

MY ADVISE TO CHRISTIANS WHO RESPECT BISHOP OYEDEPO

To Christians l ike me who hold Bishop Oyedepo in great esteem this is m yadvise to you;

Don't let any p astor tell you who to vote for. Does B ishop Oyedepo

experience the effects o f misgovernance? Bishop is o n 24-hr power

generators an d he d oes no t even know when there is po wer outage. You

bear the brunt of misgovernance daily a nd you should know that voting

GEJ is a guarantee of another 4 years of no electricity, corruption galoreand insurgency that will claim more lives a nd disintegrate Nigeria. Vote

based on what you know not on religious o r tribal sentiments!

Currently, 70% of the territory o f states l ike Borno, Yobe and Adamawa are

under the rm control of Boko Haram. This i s t he rst time this i s h appening

in Nigeria. Boko Haram bombing and genocide h as targeted both

Christians a nd Muslims, churches, mosques a nd schools a ttended by both

Christians a nd Muslims. Because of Boko Haram's co ntrol of about 5% of

Nigeria's territory, Nigeria's map has been redrawn.

When a bomb goes off in a market place it does not discriminate between

Muslims a nd Christians. When the village of the Chief of Defense staff

close to Mubi was attacked he did not rescue his fellow christian villagers

but he airlifted his relatives out of danger and leaving his fellow Christians

to be slaughtered by Boko Haram. The "polithievians," "executhieves,"

"legislooters" a nd "judishare" officers of Nigeria have only o ne religion that

unites them and that religion is stealing and looting with impunity.

How many o f the Pastors t hat are telling you to vote for Jonathan have

children who are unemployed graduates s itting at home; bear the brunt of

insecurity; send their children to public school; patronize government


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hospitals l ike you do or understand what the members o f their religious

organizations g o through on a daily b asis?

Did Bishop Oyedepo speak out when ASUU and ASUP were on strike

twice in 4 years t hereby leading to the loss of almost 2 years i n the

academic ca lender of Universities a nd Polytechnics?

Did Bishop Oyedepo spe ak out to con demn the manner in which the

almost 300 Chibok girls were kidnapped? Did he co ndemn the manner in

which the President refused to acknowledge that they were kidnapped? Did

Bishop Oyedepo condemn the failure of the President to rescue the Chibok

girls 9 months a fter they were kidnapped by the insurgents?

Did Bishop Oyedepo speak out when m edical doctors went on strike twice

in 4 years l eading to the death of millions o f Nigerians.

Has B ishop Oyedepo sp oken out against the o ngoing st rike b y health

workers and judicial workers in Nigeria?

All these strikes h ave to do with the inability o f President Jonathan and the

PDP government to abide by industrial agreements si gned after extensive

bargaining among stake holders and their insensitivity to the plight of

Nigerians.

Did Bishop Oyedepo spe ak out when 16>19, 5>26 and 7>19 in the

Governors F orum election, Rivers st ate house of Assembly a nd Ekiti State

House of Assembly in clear and reckless violation of the 1999 Constitution

of Nigeria?

Has B ishop Oyedepo spoken out to condemn the legalized looting of

billions o f dollars o f Nigeria's m oney t aking place under the watch of

President Jonathan? Did Bishop Oyedepo speak o ut to condemn the

beating up of a state High Court judge in Ekiti state by the Chief Thug of

Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose and his g ang of thugs?


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Did Bishop Oyedepo speak out to c ondemn the d eliberate outing of court

orders b y P resident Jonathan which has b ecome like a recurring decimal in

his administration?

Let Pastors like Bishop Oyedepo who don't know what their members ar e

going through or who are unable to feel the pulse of the masses, stick to

what they know how to do best which is feeding Chist's sh eep as C hrist

commanded them, but let them stay out of politics. Bishop Oyedepo should

not try t o inuence Christians to vote for a failed President like Jonathan. I

urge all Christians t o vote their conscience to free themselves f rom the 16

year bondage of the PDP led administration.

Section 95 (3) of the Electoral Act, states that places designated for

religious worship, police station and public offices shall not be used for

political campaigns, rallies a nd processions or to promote, propagate or

attack political parties, candidates, their political ideologies or

programmes.

Let my darling Bishop note that his actions o n the pulpit violates t his law

and as a m an o f God the scripture expects h im to o bey t he laws o f the

land. We are to give t o Caesar what is C aesar's a nd to God what is G od's.

Bunmi Awoyemi, Ph.D, the author of this o pinion piece, writes i n from New

Orleans, Louisiana and is a public a ffairs a nalyst, lawyer and entrepreneur.

Excerpted from Sahara R eporter.

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