The National Christian Elders Forum (NCEF) has dissociated itself from the purported endorsement of the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Muhammadu Buhari.
Buhari was said to have been endorsed by Northern Christian Leaders Eagle-Eye Forum led by one Pastor Aminchi Habu in the March 28 general election by and was also offered a copy of the Holy Bible.
But NCEF has dissociated Christians from such endorsement, saying the group does not exist and is not recognised.
Secretary of NCEF and a delegate to the 2014 National Conference, Pastor ‘Bosun Emmanuel, in a statement on Sunday in Abuja on behalf of its chairman, Solomon Asemota, urged Christians “to resist the temptation of putting personal interests above the interests of the Lord Jesus Christ, because such compromise has terrible eternal consequences.”
The forum 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.
“It has come to our notice 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, General Muhammadu Buhari.
“The National Christian Elders Forum wishes to state clearly that the only Northern Elders Forum accredited and recognised by the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) is the Northern States Christian Elders Forum (NOSCEF).
“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.”
Also, in his reaction to the endorsement, the Public Relations Officer of CAN (19 Northern States and Abuja), Sunny Oibe, said Buhari might have been deceived because the group was unknown.
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