Chairman of Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Edo
State Branch, Bishop Peter O.J Imasuen
has been commended by Edo State
chapter of the All Progressives Congress[ APC]
for rejecting the four million Naira given to him from the seven billion
Naira bribe President Goodluck Jonathan dished out to Christian leaders in the
Country, to buy their support in this month's rescheduled Presidential
election.
Comrade Godwin Erhahon Edo State Publicity Secretary
of the party in a statement issued in
Abuja said APC “can now reveal authoritatively that Bishop
Imasuen was one of the few State Chairmen of CAN who were godly and patriotic
enough to reject the bribe which was given to Christian leaders to campaign for
President Jonathan and condemn APC Presidential Candidate, General Muhammadu
Buhari”.
According to him
“CAN inside sources confirmed to APC at the weekend in Benin City, the
Edo State Capital, that over four hundred pastors in Edo State, majority of
whom are of the Pentecostal churches,
shared from the bribe with some of them getting between five hundred thousand
and fifty thousand naira each”.
Erhahon posited further, that “a few others from the
so- called super churches received as much as two million naira each because
they claimed that their churches have more members . The sources further
revealed that the leader of the CAN national body alone took three billion
naira and left the balance four billion
for three of his colleagues in the unholy deal to administer as they wished but
with the instruction that pastors of Catholic churches be left out.
“Some of the Bishops who were said to be dissatisfied
with the greedy manner of their boss were said to have wondered aloud whether
their “oga” was aiming at buying another aircraft. One of the aggrieved female
Christian leaders who pleaded for her name not to be mentioned told APC that
Christian Association of Nigeria has been turned to Mammon Association of
Nigeria with priests receiving bribes to preach falsehood and hatred at the
pulpit, thus misleading their congregation against God and man.
“She advised all churches whose pastors preached
openly against Mohammadu Buhari to demand their share of the bribe from their
pastors as they were paid handsomely to vilify General Buhari. Quoting from 1
Cor 6:9, she reminded those who received the bribe to preach hate sermon
against General Buhari that both the greedy and the slanderers will not inherit the kingdom of God and
therefore advised their congregation to disown those pastors who worship mammon
in the house of God.
“Another reliable source further revealed that seeing
how the popularity of President Jonathan has dimmed further after the shift of
the election date from February 14 till March 28, the ring leader of the
corrupt pastors is already finding ways to make peace with General Buhari ahead
of the election. APC commends Bishop Imasuen for upholding the teaching of
Christ and boosting the integrity of the Edo man”, Erhahon concluded.
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