Clerics endorse Tinubu

Network of Clergymen in Nigeria (NCN), South-South branch, yesterday, said Nigeria needed a politician in the mold of the former governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, to become the next president and urged members of All Progressives Congress (APC) to support him.

A statement in Benin City, signed by the Coordinator General of the group, Pastor Joseph Francis, and Deputy Coordinator, Apostle Chris Odion Ebhodaghe, said Tinubu would bring fresh breathe to the polity, haven not been part of the government in the past seven years but just a national leader of the party.

The statement noted that Nigeria was divided along ethnic and religious lines and needed a detribalised Nigerian and somebody with the capacity to accept all.

It reads: “The country has never been so divided and impoverished, but when you look at the track record and political history of Senator Bola Amhed Tinubu, you will realise that this is the best time for us to have this miraculous change.

“We need a strong man, who has the capacity, tenacity, courage and determination to drive the economy, security and create more infrastructure in Nigeria.

“We need a man that will bring togetherness and peaceful coexistence between Christians and Muslims in Nigeria, Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu is the one the spirit of God tells us to follow. He is a Muslim married to a wife, who is a strong and committed Christian, he has his track record as one of the most consistent progressive politician in Nigeria.”