Bishop David Oyedepo has reacted to insinuation going
round that he has thrown his weight behind the candidature of Atiku Abubakar of
Peoples Democratic Party.
The
general overseer of the Living Faith Church Worldwide, also known as Winners said;
“I am anointed to be a mediator because the
price of peace is cheaper than the cost of war. I have never belonged to any
political party and I will never belong to any.”
To many who saw Bishop
David Oyedepo in company of the Presidential Aspirant of PDP, Atiku Abubakar as
he visited Olusegun Obasanjo for his support would thought the man of God was at
the meeting to send signal to President Muhammed Buhari based on his earlier stand
on Buhari led administration.
His grouse with the administration of President Muhammed
Buhari was propelled by the incessant killings of Nigerian citizens, especially
Christians by Fulani herdsmen in northern part of the country.
He
also attacked the government following the epileptic power supply, dead
refineries and high rate of the dollar to naira.
“Talk is cheap! You see where change brought
us today since 2015? The changes change! 1 naira will be one dollar. Fuel will
be sold at 45 naira. Any responsible government will bring power in 3 months.
“If
you bring the score sheet out, it’s 0%. Do you want to change? Work it out! You
better wake up so you don’t suffer the Nigerian kind of change. Theoretical
change; “3 refineries working! (They must be) located in space. Defending
killers! God’s judgment will hit! If you are happy with what God is angry with,
you are ungodly.”
These
were his words then, and when people saw him in Abeokuta in company of Atiku
Abubakar, many believed the man of God has thrown his weight behind the aspirants
based on his dismay for the APC led government.
Oyedepo
said; “I am called a peacemaker and I have done
that at all level in this country. I have never belonged to any political party
and I will never belong to any. There is no political party where members of
Winners are not. Our goal is to secure the future of Nigeria.”
He stressed
further that the Buhari’s government has, since 2015, handled the killings of
Nigerians in some Middle Belt states with kid gloves. Speaking in Ota, Ogun
State, at the Church’s Sunday Service titled ‘Covenant Day of Open Doors’, the
clergyman reacted on the killings in some parts of the country, Oyedepo said:
“The spirit of faith is a daring spirit. You can see what is happening in this
country today, it takes men and women of the spirit of faith to stop the devil.
Wickedness won’t give up without vengeance; you can’t be killing people and
pretended that you don’t know. “Nobody is qualified to lead by morality without
a feeling for people’s lives.
“God is angry
with the wicked every day. The recent holocaust in Plateau State is an assault
on the moral standing of a nation. They don’t even care anymore and people are
jumping up; I have never seen such madness before. If you must kill to rule,
you won’t rule. Anybody who must kill to access power, God will deal with them,
either local or state government. Don’t mind any devil; I have never taken a
dime from any candidate in my life. We have never given bribe to anybody in
this ministry.”
He noted
further that: “I have been very close to the corridors of power, but I have
never collected a dime from any of them. Anybody who partners with killers,
whatever happen to killers will happen to them. I have never seen the destruction
of this order in my life. I know how many times I have cried because of these
senseless killings going on in this country. They sent me some videos, I can’t
watch it. The callousness is terrible. There is no other way to prove it that
those in charge are deliberate in making it happen. You don’t have to go to
school to know that. A family of nine wiped off, for what offence?
“People came out and say they did the killings
and they were not arrested, what a shame! They claimed responsibility for a
killing and they are on the streets. Those who killed the Deeper Life woman in
Abuja have been set free. Let us come down to reasoning. I will let you know
how many churches have been razed down from 2015 till date next week Sunday.
“The degree of callousness is unbelievable; we are virtually back to the Stone
Age. Their sympathizers will go for it. There will be no war in Nigeria, but
those who want it will go for it.” He posited.
The Bishop had earlier been criticized by
some Nigerians for his presence at the reconciliation meeting that held between
former President Olusegun Obasanjo and the candidate of the Peoples Democratic
Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, in Abeokuta last Thursday.
Two other
prominent clerics, Hassan Kukah and Ahmad Gumi, who had also been criticized
for attending the reconciliatory meeting, have also explained why they were in
Abeokuta.
Hassan Kukah said he was in Abeokuta to witness the reconciliatory
meeting between Obasanjo and Atiku, a rift he claimed he did call for it end between
the two politicians.
