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Pastor ‘Bosun Emmanuel
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The National Christian Elders Forum
on Sunday dissociated itself from the purported endorsement of Buhari by the
Northern Christian Leaders Eagle-Eye Forum, led by Pastor Aminchi Habu.
GRAPHITTI NEWS learned the Secretary of NCEF, Pastor ‘Bosun
Emmanuel, in a statement issued in Abuja, advised Christians “to resist the
temptation of putting personal interests above the interests of the Lord Jesus
Christ, because such compromise has terrible eternal consequences.”
Emmanuel also called on politicians
“to put the interest of the nation first in all forms of electioneering
campaign and desist from acts that could be interpreted to imply desperate
manipulation of the electorate for political power.”
His statement partly read, “It has
come to the notice of the NCEF that an unaccredited group, claiming Northern
Christians Leaders Eagle Eye-Forum, purportedly on Thursday February 12, 2015,
in Abuja, adopted the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress
in the forthcoming elections, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (rtd.).
“The National Christian Elders Forum
wishes to state clearly that the only Northern Elders Forum accredited and
recognized by the Christians Association of Nigeria is the Northern States
Christian Elders Forum.
“The Elders Forum hereby declares
that neither CAN, NOSCEF nor the NCEF at any time supported or approved of the
action of this unaccredited group. The National Christian Elders Forum wishes
to admonish Christian leaders in Nigeria to resist the temptation of putting
personal interests above the interests of the Lord Jesus Christ, because such
compromise has terrible eternal consequences.
“The Elders Forum also advises politicians to
put the interest of the nation first in all forms of electioneering campaign
and desist from acts that could be interpreted to imply desperate manipulation
of the electorate for political power.”
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