Clerics warn politicians on polls

THE Kogi State Inter-Religious Council has warned desperate politicians who are bent on scuttling the forthcoming election to beware of the wrath of God who is interested in the election because He has a vote.

  The co-Chairman of the council, Bishop Emmanuel Egbunu, who ‎spoke at a press conference against the backdrop of a statement credited to the Director-General, People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Campaign Organisation, Dr. Ahmadu Ali, asking the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to allow the electorate who participated in the 2011 elections use their temporary voters’ cards in case they could not get their permanent voters cards to vote, said the most important message at the moment should be that from the electoral umpire who has the power to conduct the election and not that of desperate politicians that want Nigeria to be divided.

  He said: “Rules are not changed in the middle of the game. There had been so much time all along, these things have been said, none of these people travelled anywhere, it is wrong for them to come up at the 11th hour to be saying this.”

  On the alleged N6 billion bribe, Egbunu said people should not be throwing wild accusations in the air without substantiating them with proof.

  “Religious leaders are people of integrity and our dignity should not be dragged into the murky waters of politics”, he said

  The co-chairman said they believe in government, adding that they take them by their words that there would be no further shift in the date.

  He, therefore, challenged politicians to go into the coming elections with the resolve to play by the rules of the game.

  Egbunu, who urged the politicians to make electioneering campaigns issue-based and desist from attacking personalities,

counselled the youths to resist thuggery before, during and after the elections, adding that as leaders of tomorrow, they should look to the future with hope and optimism.