The Founder and General Overseer of the
Household of God Church, Pastor Chris Okotie, says President Muhammadu
Buhari needs the support of all Nigerians as he continues to clean up
the corruption perpetrated by the Peoples Democratic Party.
Okotie, who contested for the presidency
on three occasions, said Buhari was the epitome of transparency and
discipline, adding that his attitude had rubbed off on the armed forces
which had become more effective in the fight against insurgency.
He described the 16-year rule of the PDP as the government of the corrupt, by the corrupt and for the corrupt.
He said, “More than at any time in our
history, we need discipline in the armed forces. And, thank God we have
an ex-general, who is an epitome of discipline and transparency, in
power. I urge Nigerians to support his anti-corruption campaign which
aims to rid this country of PDP’s legacy of a government of the corrupt,
by the corrupt, and for the corrupt.”
Meanwhile, Okotie’s party, the Fresh
Democratic Party, has denied accusing the All Progressives Congress of
planning to rig the forthcoming Rivers State governorship election.
The party’s Director of Media and
Communications Strategy, Ladi Ayodeji, said in a statement that it had
no hand in the allegation, adding that the allegation was the handiwork
of the Inter-Party Advisory Council of Nigeria.
The statement read in part, “The
attention of our great party, FRESH, has been drawn to an advertorial by
the Inter-Party Advisory Council of Nigeria published in a national
daily on Wednesday, January 20, 2016.
“In the said publication, IPAC listed
FRESH as one of its (Rivers State chapter) members accusing the APC and
the Independent National Electoral Commission of conspiracy to rig the
forthcoming rerun in Rivers State in favour of the APC candidate.
“In the advertorial, one Chief Collins
J. Ndegwe purportedly represented FRESH at an IPAC meeting in Rivers
State, where our party joined other parties to condemn the alleged plot
by INEC/APC to rig the APC into power in the state.
“Obviously, the IPAC, Rivers chapter, is
in sympathy with the PDP governorship candidate and incumbent Governor
Nyesome Wike. FRESH has no problem with that. However, it is criminal
for anyone or group to drag our party into this unholy alliance.
“We would like to make it abundantly
clear that Chief Ndegwe is not our member, and has never been authorised
to represent FRESH in IPAC, or at any other forum for that matter.”
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