6,000 SOUTH WEST PASTORS DECLARE 7 DAYS PRAYER & FASTING FOR BUHAR’S VICTORY

Despite allegations that some pastors in the country collected N7 billion to support President Goodluck Jonathan’s presidential ambition, at least 6,000 pastors in the Southwest are mobilising for the emergence of Major General Muhammadu Buhari as president and have declared seven days praying and fasting for God to grant him victory at next week’s poll.

The pastors under the aegis of Christians

for Governance, Pastors For Change, held a

news conference in Ikeja, Lagos, southwest

Nigeria, where they openly endorsed the

candidacy of Buhari and Professor Yemi

Osinbajo, who is a pastor in the Redeemed

Christian Church of God.

The clerics are drawn from various

churches, such as the Redeemed Christian

Church of God, RCCG, Catholic, Orthodox,

among others.

They declared that they were not part of

Jonathan’s largesse and that nobody gave

them money to support Buhari, but acting

by divine intervention from God who told

them that Buhari would be the next

president of Nigeria.

The movement is being supported by Rev.

Moses Iloh, Archbishop Magnus Atilade,

Ayo Opadokun and many other bigwigs in

Christendom.

Addressing the news conference, Bishop

Kayode Williams, National Coordinator,

Christians for Good Governance, said they

have about 6,000 ministers who were part

of the group calling for change in

leadership as the present government had

failed the nation.

“We want to observe seven days of special

prayer on the seven mountains in the

Southwest political zones comprising six

states to pray for the victory of Buhari and

Osinbajo in the 28 March presidential

election.