General Overseer of Latter Rain Assembly, Pastor Tunde Bakare yesterday bared his mind on the state of the nation, urging the Federal Government to put the general elections on hold to avert bloodshed.
Delivering a sermon entitled: “A Gathering Storm and Avoidable Shipwreck: How to Avoid Catastrophic Euroclydon, the cleric said the general polls be shifted to avoid loss of innocent lives to insurgency and prolonged legal battle.
Bakare insisted that poor preparation for the polls, worsening insecurity, imposition of minority will, economic collapse, religious confusion, betrayals, scandals and persecution of opponents signposted grave danger for the next electoral exercise across the country . He urged the government to resort toSection 135(3) of the 1999 Constitution (as amended) to suspend the elections.
The section provides: “If the federation is at war in which the territory of Nigeria is physically involved and the president considers that it is not practicable to hold elections, the National Assembly may by resolution extend the period of four years mentioned in subsection (2) of this section from time to time; but no such extension shall exceed a period of six months at any one time.”
The controversial pastor explained: “I do not say this to be controversial but to clear the dust; I see President Goodluck Jonathan as the man whom both God and Nigerians had great expectation of, but as for now, had failed.
However, there is still time to redeem his dignity, if his name is to go down in the book of history as the greatest president in African.
“Be that as it may, my political leaning is towards Muhammadu Buhari. I cannot claim not to know the issues surrounding the APC primary and the processes that led to the selection of his current running mate.”
Source:sunnews
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