A group of Abuja-based Pastors and Bishops have declared their full support for the ambition of the presidential candidate of All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. According to the clerics, Tinubu has the right frame of mind to rule the country.
Tinubu was endorsed by the clerics under the aegis of Nigerian Coalition of Pastors for Good Leadership.
In a statement jointly signed by the coalition president, Apostle Babatunde Oguntimehin and secretary, Revd Friday Obi, the ministers disclosed that it would be unfair for Nigerians to sacrifice the capacity of the APC candidate on the altar of the contentious Muslim-Muslim ticket.
Parts of the statement read: “For a start, we are fully in support of the power shift to South after President Muhammadu Buhari, a northerner, would have ruled for eight years. This is for equity and fairness as well as in the spirit of the existing unwritten rule to have power rotate between the North and the South.
“We were left to choose between His Excellencies Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and Peter Gregory Obi, who are the frontline candidates from the South. After consideration of so many critical factors and wide consultation, we have decided to settle for the candidacy of Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Kashim Shettima.”
Oguntimehin hinted that their decision to endorse Tinubu is affected by a number of factors.