The
Edo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress has commended the
Chairman of Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Edo State Branch,
Bishop Peter O.J Imasuen, for rejecting the four million Naira given to
him from the seven billion Naira bribe President Goodluck Jonathan
dished out to Christian leaders in the Country, to buy their support in
this month’s rescheduled Presidential election.
In a
press statement issued by the Edo State Publicity Secretary of the
party, Comrade Godwin Erhahon and made available to journalists in Abuja
on Sunday, APC said it “can now reveal authoritatively that Bishop
Imasuen was one of the few State Chairmen of CAN who were Godly and
patriotic enough to reject the bribe which was given to Christian
leaders to campaign for President Jonathan and condemn APC Presidential
Candidate, General Mohammadu Buhari”.
He added that “CAN inside
sources confirmed to APC at the weekend in Benin City, the Edo State
Capital, that over four hundred pastors in Edo State, majority of whom
are of the Pentecostal churches, shared from the bribe with some of them
getting between five hundred thousand and fifty thousand naira each”.
Erhahon
posited further, that “a few others from the so- called super churches
received as much as two million naira each because they claimed that
their churches have more members.
“The sources further revealed
that the leader of the CAN national body alone took three billion naira
and left the balance four billion for three of his colleagues in the
unholy deal to administer as they wished but with the instruction that
pastors of Catholic churches be left out.
“Some of the Bishops
who were said to be dissatisfied with the greedy manner of their boss
were said to have wondered aloud whether their “oga” was aiming at
buying another aircraft. One of the aggrieved female Christian leaders
who pleaded for her name not to be mentioned told APC that Christian
Association of Nigeria has been turned to Mammon Association of Nigeria
with priests receiving bribes to preach falsehood and hatred at the
pulpit, thus misleading their congregation against God and man.
“She
advised all churches whose pastors preached openly against Mohammadu
Buhari to demand their share of the bribe from their pastors as they
were paid handsomely to vilify General Buhari. Quoting from 1 Cor 6:9,
she reminded those who received the bribe to preach hate sermon against
General Buhari that both the greedy and the slanderers will not inherit
the kingdom of God and therefore advised their congregation to disown
those pastors who worship mammon in the house of God.
“Another
reliable source further revealed that seeing how the popularity of
President Jonathan has dimmed further after the shift of the election
date from February 14 till March 28, the ring leader of the corrupt
pastors is already finding ways to make peace with General Buhari ahead
of the election. APC commends Bishop Imasuen for upholding the teaching
of Christ and boosting the integrity of the Edo man”, Erhahon concluded.
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