Biafra sponsored by selfish politicians, will not succeed – Methodist Church Prelate

The Prelate of the Methodist Church of Nigeria, Samuel Uche, has condemned the agitation for the disintegration of the country, stating that those advocating it were being sponsored by selfish politicians.

Uche made these comments on Sunday in Ibekwe, Ikot Abasi Local Government Area, Akwa Ibom State, during a Thanksgiving Church Service organised by the Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) Nsima Ekere.

“All these campaigns that the Igbo must leave a section of the country or that Biafra must be, they are all sponsored by politicians who are looking for political power.

“Any politician who sponsor people to kill others so that they can enter political office, they will never enjoy that office,” Uche uttered to a resounding “amen” from the congregation.

The prelate continued, “I pray that Biafra and all those agitations will crumble in 2019”

“I am not PDP, APC or APGA. I am for every Nigerian.

“Nigerians will reject bad leaders in 2019”.

Uche also lent his voice to calls for restructuring and true federalism, noting that there was “great deprivation” in the Niger Delta.

“As a leader of the Methodist, I am saying here that we should allow this area (Niger Delta) to control its resources and pay a certain percentage of money to the centre”.

“Let us practice true federalism,” he said, adding that what is keeping Nigeria one was nothing other than oil.

“All these shouts of one Nigeria, one Nigeria is because of oil.

“If the oil dries up today, it will be to your tents oh Nigeria!”

The event had in attendance, dignitaries from different parts of the country, including Governor Solomon Lalong of Plateau State, the former governor of Akwa Ibom State, Victor Attah, and the Deputy National Chairman of the All Progressive Congress (APC) Segun Oni, who represented the party’s National Chairman, John Oyegun.

 

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