Vote Bad Government Out Of Office, Bishop Adeoye Advises Nigerians

* Says re-electing Buhari ‘ll bring “double portion of
hardship”

A cleric, Bishop Seun Adeoye of the Sufficient Grace and Truth
Ministry, Okinni, Osun State has advised Nigerians to vote out bad
government and allow fresh people with vision and ability that can
move the nation forward take over in the forthcoming general
elections.

Bishop Adeoye who is also the Spokesman of World Bishops Council
(WBC) Africa, the World Federation of Churches (WFC) and the World
Clergies Congress (WCC) in a statement issued on Friday, in Osogbo
warned about re-electing President Muhammadu Buhari into office,
saying that re-electing him will bring “double portion of
hardship”.

The statement reads, “Few days to the 2015 presidential
election, I circulated a statement warning that if Buhari is
elected as the president his government will cause untold hardship
to Nigerians. Not many people listened to me. They were overwhelmed
by the “change” campaign. Buhari was elected and the rest is
history.

“To further sound a note of warning, I held a one-man rally in
Osogbo, the Osun State capital where I emphatically declared that
Buhari’s government did not bring change but “chain”. Few days
after my one-man protest, I was visited my six heavily armed men in
police uniform.

“What did we get in the last three and half years? The primary
responsibility of any government is to protect lives and property,
but never in the history of any government in this country have we
lost so many innocent souls especially in Benue, Taraba, Plateau,
Kaduna, Sokoto and Zanfara states. Indeed, the blood of innocent
souls is flowing like river in Nigeria.

“Bad enough, the governor of the President’s state, Aminu Mazari
Bello recently shouted out that his state, Katsina was under the
siege of bandits, rustlers and kidnappers. Who will help him? Was
he expecting hapless citizens with no arms to assist him?

“Few days ago, the governor of Zamfara State, Abdul-aziz Yari
Abubakar also called for a state of emergency to be declared in his
state due to insecurity. That was a cry too loud. Yari Abubakar is
the Chairman of Nigeria’s Governor’s Forum and an APC
chieftain.

“There are signs of trouble everywhere. Not long ago, Amnesty
International reported that over 3,600 were killed in the
herdsmen-farmer war. That is alarming.
“Has the Boko Haram war been won? What we were initially told by
the government’s spokesman, Mr. Lai Muhammed was that the battle
was technically over. What is the situation in Bornu, Adamawa and
Yobe states?

“At just one blow, over 100 soldiers were killed by the
insurgents. That’s calamitous. We read of casualties every day, not
so much on the side of the hoodlums but on the sides of Nigerian
military and the poor citizens.

“The Governor of Bornu, Alhaji Shetima’s openly wept at his
recent meeting with President Buhari about the devastating
catastrophe of Boko Haram resurgent in his state.

“Has the economy improved? We read of over 10 million job lost
with about 20.9 million Nigerians unemployed and high exchange and
inflation rates. We know of many industries that had closed shops.
The rising costs of services and food items are unbearable.
Nigerians are really hungry. Health facilities are not improving
and education standards are nothing to write home about. Today,
ASUU, ASUP, SANNU are on strike.

“Yet, we found out according to a figure released by the Debt
Management Office (DMO) that Nigeria’s debt was N22.43 trillion as
at September 30, 2018 as against N12.12 trillion in June 2015.
That’s shocking! Over 10 trillion debt incurred by the Buhari-led
government in three years? Where are the visible projects that
gulped as much as this?

“The acclaimed fight against corruption got messier day by day.
The Transparency International report was damning. I read the
president saying he will not use public funds for his campaign. But
whose funds will he use? On daily basis, we see how top opposition
members were running to join the president’s party to avoid
prosecution from corruption.

“Is our democracy on a sound footing? Is the rule of law being
observed? We read of the military invading Media houses. We heard
of how those who opposed Mr. President were being hurled into
detention.

“Didn’t the president’s wife, Mrs Aisha Buhari raise the alarm
of cabals who held Buhari at the jugular? She said only two men –
not Buhari or his Vice, Yemi Osinbajo – are in control of Nigeria.
Who actually is in charge?

“Even with all these, I still asked God, ‘will Nigerians be
better if Buhari is re-elected the second time as the president?’
What I heard worried me and if it happens, ‘Buhari’s re-election
will bring double portion of pains and hardship to Nigerians’ was
the reply.

“Nigerians have several options before them and they are free to
choose who will rule over them. The only patriotic action Nigerians
can take to help themselves and the generation yet unborn is to
vote Buhari out and vote a new president in. Again, I await the
invasion of my resident by Buhari’s men.”