19th February, 2023
Bishop David Oyedepo, the General Overseer of Living Faith Church, has warned Nigerians against voting for a candidate due to loyalty to a political party or tribe.
While speaking to his church members on the 2023 elections on Sunday, Oyedepo warned that Nigerians must vote wisely to avoid further disaster.
The cleric said the country has witnessed a wide range of security challenges in the last eight years which is an indication that power must change hands in 2023.
The bishop said: “Nigeria has witnessed a wide range of security challenges. We have faced that gruesomely for the last eight years. People claim responsibility for killings and are walking on the streets. They take a sword in today’s world and cut off a man’s neck. Then somebody is coming again to say this is what they will do, let them tell us what they have done.”
Oyedepo went further to warn against blind loyalty to political parties at the expense of the future of Nigeria.
The cleric said: “Listen to me, there is no party without members of this church. There are founders of parties who are members of this church but we are talking about the nation, not a party. We are talking about the people, not a party, no tribe owns Nigeria, the presidency is not a traditional stool.”
Speaking further Oyedepo shouted loudly, saying “vote wisely, vote your conscience, vote the future of your children, vote the future of the coming generation, vote the future of one Nigeria.”