Respected cleric and senior Pastor, Foundation of Truth Assembly (FOTA), Rev. Yomi Kasali has blamed the endless attacks on Nigeria by the Boko Haram sect on lack of truthful, transparent and moral leaders.
Kasali made this observation while addressing newsmen ahead of the Assembly’s Giant Killer’s Conference, GKC.
He also warned leaders at various levels not to drag insurgency and other challenges facing the nation along religious lines.
He noted that such actions will further place the country at the brink of a major disaster, which may take years to recover from.
According to him, “I don’t believe that Boko Haram is against Christianity because it has a political ideology. This is not to say that there are some people who are trying to Islamise this nation, even as we have others, who are Christian fundamentalists, but the war we fight is not against any religion or tribe; it is against the continued existence of our nation.
“Our leaders need to be more open to the people, I will be bold to say that lack of leaders who are honest, transparent and open to us have been reason why we are not dealing with insurgency with the right approach.
“Nigeria used to be a country where Muslims and Christians co-exist peacefully. My parents were Muslims before they died and my siblings are still Muslims up till date, we do not see ourselves as enemies”.
Airing his views on alleged arms smuggling involving President of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, divorce tussle between Rev. Chris Oyakhilome of Christ Embassy and his wife and unfolding issues surrounding the collapsed building at Prophet Temitope Joshua’s Synagogue Church of all Nation, SCON, he urged Nigerians not to jump into conclusion on the matters but be hopeful that all will be well.
“I was shocked as much as every other Nigerian when I got the news of a jet belonging to the man of God that was used in this transaction. But as a man of God very respected as the president of CAN, the number one Christian in the country today, we need to respect his office and be careful about the kind of statements we utter on the matter, coupled with the fact that investigations are ongoing.
“For me, I believe for the fact that the office has issued a statement that the jet was leased out without the prior knowledge of what it will be used for, simply means that the man of God involved has dissociated himself from the entire process”.
On Pastor Chris and wife he said, “I do not believe in divorce, as a church, we think pastors should practice tolerance, we should live what we preach, we should preach what we live”.
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