Renowned Bible teacher, J C Ryle rightly puts it thus:
“True Christianity is a struggle, a fight, and a warfare. He that pretends to condemn fighting and teaches that we ought to sit still and yield ourselves to God, appears to me to misunderstand his Bible, and to make a great mistake.”
The Battle we face as a Church in Nigeria at this time is even worse because it is from enemies within. I have been inundated with calls from different quarters within the Christian enclave about a purported open letter to CAN by one Adesegun Osibanjo who is directing the body of Christians in Nigeria to congratulate the President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu who was declared winner of the highly controversial February 25 Presidential Elections in Nigeria.
Notwithstanding the debauched polls which witnessed the lowest votes cast since 1999, as well as the widespread violence and malpractice that characterized the polls, an acclaimed Evangelist had the effrontery to write to the umbrella body of Christians in Nigeria and is frontally asking our most revered CAN President to by way of Congratulating the one who was declared President, endorse the sham that has been the subject of public discourse and international condemnation in the past two weeks.
To address the body of this open letter, the mystery evangelist spurned a thread of falsehood, from alleging the favoured disposition of the Church towards the Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, to a blatant falsehood that elections were rigged in favour of Obi in the Southeast without providing any proof. He also accused Obi of running a deceptive campaign which divided the country along religious and ethnic lines. This narrative painted by this mystery Evangelist is a manifest evidence of the enemy being the accuser of the brethren.
The letter goes on to describe Obi as having shifted his focus to Lagos since losing out of the election, and alleged that there is plot to bring in IPOB and Igbos to win the gubernatorial election for Labour party. Our propagandist evangelist failed to remember that Lagosians and not the Igbo and IPOB were the reason Asiwaju Bola Ahmed was floored in Lagos during the presidential election.
Gbadebo is a freeborn of Lagos who is running based on merit, but who the author of that lie-ridden and chauvinism characterized letter referred to as “Chinedu”. The author’s reference to Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour as a candidate who was foisted as the Lagos guber Candidate is an obvious distortion of facts and the claim that Peter Obi had denied a candidate who is Yoruba a job while he was at the helm of Fidelity Bank remains largely unverified. He should be quick to mention the name of this Venerable who was denied a job despite being the best man for the job. If the Yoruba lord of war is not out to incite Yoruba to war against the Igbo, one would have expected him to remind CAN that Sanwo-Olu is from Ijebu Mushin and his deputy is from Ewekoro both in Ogun state. How come in his love to see Lagos remain a Yoruba conquered territory of Asiwaju who is from Osun State, he forgot to mention Jide Adediran, Jandor of the PDP who is left and right the son of one of the oldest ethnic nationality with origin in Lagos.
Our mystery Evangelist goes on to write about those who he said were beating the drums of war ahead of the guber polls in Lagos, but chooses to skip the part where the Igbos and other non-indigenes in Lagos have become victims of thuggery and arson in recent times due to the inability of the political goons of the President-elect to compel them to vote for APC candidates. He intently skips the part where a lady was stabbed while waiting to vote, and how known thugs were asking people to go home on election day if they were not there to vote for the President-elect who now needs to be congratulated by CAN. Every Christian is primarily a peacemaker; but our Evangelist is not, he has no sympathy for the Igbos whose shops and goods were burnt down at the Akere automobile spare parts market in the Olodi-Apapa area, in what looks like a politically motivated arson by the likes of this Evangelist.
In closing, it is expected that there are those among the blocs of CAN who have become apologists and philosophers in preaching Peace and calling on CAN to engage in the desecration of our nascent democracy and indeed the Church by congratulating the President-elect. This is a clear reminder that as it was with the Council at Jerusalem (Acts 15), believers should debate over matters of dispute (in a healthy, godly way) especially when it is essential of fidelity to the gospel and witness of the church and the nation, especially at these trying times where the Church has come under massive attacks due to her disposition during the electioneering campaigns.
Nevertheless, let me remind the leadership of the Church and indeed CAN, that as preachers, teachers and leaders of God’s people, we can’t engage all issues, but we also can’t adopt a stance of hopeful silence, where we say nothing about earth-shaking challenges to biblical truth, and hope it all just goes away. Injustice to the Church and Christians by way of a Muslim-Muslim ticket is injustice everywhere. The violence and ethnic bigotry which is now in full throttle in Lagos as exemplified in that letter stands condemned and the Church must take a stand.
As men of God, we HAVE to speak; we HAVE to preach; we HAVE to stand to be counted. We need to discountenance such diatribe against the Church and other ethnic groups that seek to divide us. Whoever wrote this letter may be from among us but him and his ilk are definitely not of us.
They went out from us [seeming at first to be Christians], but they were not really of us [because they were not truly born again and spiritually transformed]; for if they had been of us, they would have remained with us; but they went out [teaching false doctrine], so that it would be clearly shown that none of them are of us. 1 John 2:19
Dr Bolaji O. Akinyemi is an Apostle and a Nation Builder. Convener Apostolic Round Table.
Well xrayed and captured
You are very correct my distinguished scholar. May God Almighty help us determine the fate of these many animals in human freshs.
Tinubu might just be the means to an uncanny end(forgive the pun). Especially in such a fallen state. CAN must hold its peace.
It is really unthinkable that you would speak of me like this. I sent this to you privately, but u decided to call me out here and ur Blog. This is very good and super cool by me.
Let me describe you in one simple sentence, you’re one of our Intellectuals who *defend Justice and Equity* while others define it. I will send a Video and some bit of elaboration shortly.
*It is so unfortunate that I am being disparaged by someone I have very good regards for despite knowing that our perceptions don’t align.* I’ll always wish you the very best and encourage you to keep at it.
The Igbos are the problem of Nigeria. They are over ambitious.
The Yoruba Christians are being drawn into their latest scheme.
Peter Obi is not a Presidential candidate, he is the personification of the “Biafran project” of the Igbos. He is their latest Saviour and Commander in Chief, who will emancipate them from the Nigerian ” Zoo “. He is an Igbo bigot just like Nzeogwu, Odumegwu Ojukwu, Chukwumerije, Prof Nwabueze, Ralph Uwazuruke, and lately Nnamdi Kanu. They all have the Biafran mindset. ” Either dominate the Zoo, or get out of the Zoo”.
You can see them actively encouraging Sunday Igboho and the Yoruba Diasporans to immitate them, so that they can carry out their folly, using the ignorant Yorubas as their ” bullet proof” !
Yoruba Christians should go into the Archives and exhume a character called Victor Banjo. He was a Yoruba Military colleague of Major Nzeogwu ( the Mastermind of Nigeria’s first Coup de tat). Nzeogwu convinced Banjo and some other Yoruba ” useful idiots” colleagues to join in the Revolution against corrupt Leadership of the First Republic.
Victor Banjo and his brothers went along with a Project they did not quite understand the hidden motive. The Revolution massacred all the Political echelon of the other Regions , except the Igbos !
The Coup plotters then conveniently handed themselves to the Army Commander who happened to be an Igboman – Major General Aguiyi Ironsi !
Major General Aguiyi Ironsi then cancelled the Democratic Constitution of the 4 regions, making Nigeria a Unitary state. The Unitary state was not foisted on Nigeria by the Hausa/ Fulani, but by the Igbos because of their over ambition, which they will use any ruse to justify.
The Counter-Coup by the Northerners was to avenge the killings of their Political Leaders.
But our Yoruba brothers are such unthinking Patriots , who usually defend ” Justice and Equity” that other People define.
Adekunle Fajuyi preferred to die with Aguiyi Ironsi when the boys came for him.
Then the Civil War broke out.
Prof Wole Soyinka as the Advocate of Peace went to Ojukwu to broker peace, which Ojukwu has transformed himself from a Military Governor to a Military Head of State of Biafra. Wole Soyinka was rightly jailed by Gowon upon his return from the East.
Meanwhile, Victor Banjo who found himself in the Eastern jail at the outset of the Civil War, opted out to fight for Biafra against Nigeria.
The short of the story was that Ojukwu mischievously found Victor Banjo guilty of Treason, and had him paraded in front of a Firing Squad to be publicly shot as a deterrence to other saboteurs.
Nigeria has come to where it started. As usual, the Igbos will either get the Presidency or go back on their Biafra.
Now, the ” Yoruba Intellectuals” who know so much about Justice and Equity are going to mess up their brother and back Peter Obi.
They hide under the accusation of the cover of Muslim- Muslim ticket. Ask them, how the series of Muslim- Christian had benefited the Country up till this present time.
The Executive President decides what happens in his Presidency. The Vice President is just a “spare tyre”, a necessary nuisance created by the Constitution, whether he is a Christian or a Muslim.
The excuse is just a Biafran talking point to distract from the issues on the ground.
Another Biafran talking point is that Tinubu is corrupt. Now, which Politician is not corrupt worldwide ? Is it Biden, Trump , Clinton , Boris, Putin? Show me one Saint among the Politicians worldwide. There is none . No not one.
*Allow me show also show u Willy Obiano, Peter Obi’s successor debunking claims on Funds left and I fact accusing Peter Obi of Teeming & Lading.*
In fact, Politics is a game of the possibilities by professional Gamblers who prey on the Masses’ emotions and fears.
Of all the corrupt past Leaders, it was only Peter Obi’s name that came up in the Pandora File scandal, not even Abacha or Babangida !
My advice to the Yoruba Intellectuals and Yoruba Christians is that you are blindly following a “Biafran Agenda” that you are not aware of and that have burnt the fingers of your forbearers. I wish you the best of luck.
“Wọn kìí sipe naro fun abuke”. You don’t plead with a hunchback man to stand erect cos he cannot!!!
@Bolaji Akinyemi, please be my Guest and continue to label and call me unprintable names. If Some Fathers in the Faith that I touched base with tell me that what ave done is super and say they hope and pray that CAN does the needful, then ur Published rejoinder is of no consequence to me. Again, I won’t mention names for fear of you quoting them on ur. I really underestimated you, never knew you’ll put me on the Public domain like this.
I would have attached the Video of Sir Ahmadu Bello to validate these claims further, if only ur Blog has that kinda facility.
@Bolaji Akinyemi: If u ave Integrity, shame & decency, you will leave my response to be read & evaluated by others on ur Blog.
It is really unthinkable that you would speak of me like this. I sent this to you privately, but u decided to call me out here and ur Blog. This is very good and super cool by me.
Let me describe you in one simple sentence, you’re one of our Intellectuals who *defend Justice and Equity* while others define it. I will send a Video and some bit of elaboration shortly.
*It is so unfortunate that I am being disparaged by someone I have very good regards for despite knowing that our perceptions don’t align.* I’ll always wish you the very best and encourage you to keep at it.
The Igbos are the problem of Nigeria. They are over ambitious.
The Yoruba Christians are being drawn into their latest scheme.
Peter Obi is not a Presidential candidate, he is the personification of the “Biafran project” of the Igbos. He is their latest Saviour and Commander in Chief, who will emancipate them from the Nigerian ” Zoo “. He is an Igbo bigot just like Nzeogwu, Odumegwu Ojukwu, Chukwumerije, Prof Nwabueze, Ralph Uwazuruke, and lately Nnamdi Kanu. They all have the Biafran mindset. ” Either dominate the Zoo, or get out of the Zoo”.
You can see them actively encouraging Sunday Igboho and the Yoruba Diasporans to immitate them, so that they can carry out their folly, using the ignorant Yorubas as their ” bullet proof” !
Yoruba Christians should go into the Archives and exhume a character called Victor Banjo. He was a Yoruba Military colleague of Major Nzeogwu ( the Mastermind of Nigeria’s first Coup de tat). Nzeogwu convinced Banjo and some other Yoruba ” useful idiots” colleagues to join in the Revolution against corrupt Leadership of the First Republic.
Victor Banjo and his brothers went along with a Project they did not quite understand the hidden motive. The Revolution massacred all the Political echelon of the other Regions , except the Igbos !
The Coup plotters then conveniently handed themselves to the Army Commander who happened to be an Igboman – Major General Aguiyi Ironsi !
Major General Aguiyi Ironsi then cancelled the Democratic Constitution of the 4 regions, making Nigeria a Unitary state. The Unitary state was not foisted on Nigeria by the Hausa/ Fulani, but by the Igbos because of their over ambition, which they will use any ruse to justify.
The Counter-Coup by the Northerners was to avenge the killings of their Political Leaders.
But our Yoruba brothers are such unthinking Patriots , who usually defend ” Justice and Equity” that other People define.
Adekunle Fajuyi preferred to die with Aguiyi Ironsi when the boys came for him.
Then the Civil War broke out.
Prof Wole Soyinka as the Advocate of Peace went to Ojukwu to broker peace, which Ojukwu has transformed himself from a Military Governor to a Military Head of State of Biafra. Wole Soyinka was rightly jailed by Gowon upon his return from the East.
Meanwhile, Victor Banjo who found himself in the Eastern jail at the outset of the Civil War, opted out to fight for Biafra against Nigeria.
The short of the story was that Ojukwu mischievously found Victor Banjo guilty of Treason, and had him paraded in front of a Firing Squad to be publicly shot as a deterrence to other saboteurs.
Nigeria has come to where it started. As usual, the Igbos will either get the Presidency or go back on their Biafra.
Now, the ” Yoruba Intellectuals” who know so much about Justice and Equity are going to mess up their brother and back Peter Obi.
They hide under the accusation of the cover of Muslim- Muslim ticket. Ask them, how the series of Muslim- Christian had benefited the Country up till this present time.
The Executive President decides what happens in his Presidency. The Vice President is just a “spare tyre”, a necessary nuisance created by the Constitution, whether he is a Christian or a Muslim.
The excuse is just a Biafran talking point to distract from the issues on the ground.
Another Biafran talking point is that Tinubu is corrupt. Now, which Politician is not corrupt worldwide ? Is it Biden, Trump , Clinton , Boris, Putin? Show me one Saint among the Politicians worldwide. There is none . No not one.
*Allow me show also show u Willy Obiano, Peter Obi’s successor debunking claims on Funds left and I fact accusing Peter Obi of Teeming & Lading.*
In fact, Politics is a game of the possibilities by professional Gamblers who prey on the Masses’ emotions and fears.
Of all the corrupt past Leaders, it was only Peter Obi’s name that came up in the Pandora File scandal, not even Abacha or Babangida !
My advice to the Yoruba Intellectuals and Yoruba Christians is that you are blindly following a “Biafran Agenda” that you are not aware of and that have burnt the fingers of your forbearers. I wish you the best of luck.
“Wọn kìí sipe naro fun abuke”. You don’t plead with a hunchback man to stand erect cos he cannot!!!
@Bolaji Akinyemi, please be my Guest and continue to label and call me unprintable names. If Some Fathers in the Faith that I touched base with tell me that what ave done is super and say they hope and pray that CAN does the needful, then ur Published rejoinder is of no consequence to me. Again, I won’t mention names for fear of you quoting them on ur. I really underestimated you, never knew you’ll put me on the Public domain like this.
I would have attached the Video of Sir Ahmadu Bello to validate these claims further, if only ur Blog has that kinda facility.
Im neither surprised nor even roughened especially when a Yoruba Christian toes path of perfidy. The descendants of Afonja are still with us. Yorubaland has nok known peace since the bastards came of age. I wish OBj acknowledges his Igbo background to be able to rest in peace. The land of Yoruba will never give him peace if buried in Yorubaland.
Back to purpose. I read through your post and response to opinion of a refrend but you elect to be the righeous chritians who are mostly dirty saints.
I dont have a problem with your choice or choices but the impact it has on psyche or gillible followers who already had enom of venom planted into them through the weaponaied phlpit.
Merchants of fake prophesies needs patrinage no dohbt even where its from proceeds of drugs or any form of crime so you can be pardoned for protecting your pot of porridge.
One thing is sure, the bastards wont define course of history even with the curse already on their head.
OBJ stopped the miracle shows on TV else could have imagine how low your type would have dragged this country to. The Zionist agenda that delivered slave trade and wealthy god of Men trying to rewrite the holy book with in the begining man created God in his image will never know peace includong thwir household for the role in the destruction of the life of their innocent victims.