The head of the Latter Rain Assembly, Pastor Tunde Bakare, on Sunday replied those who had been critical of his call for the postponement of the 2015 general elections.
Bakare had called for the postponement of the elections and for the formation of transitional government to tackle fundamental problems facing Nigeria, warning that danger lay ahead for the nation if this was not done.
The pastor’s submission has generated reactions from stakeholders and analysts from different quarters.
Bakare, who was the vice presidential candidate of the defunct Congress for Progressive Change in 2011, had said that Nigeria was in a state of war and that Section 135 (3) of the 1999 Constitution be invoked to shift the 2015 elections.
He referred to the recent Boko Haram attack on a military base in Baga, Borno State and wondered why some people were saying that Nigeria was not in a state of war.
“If that is not war, let the government and politicians tell Nigerians what it is”, he said.
Responding to calls from the governors of the north-eastern states, who had said that if elections could hold in places like Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan, the North-East could not be an exception, Bakare noted that the situations were not similar.
He said that Nigeria had a different socio-political structure from these nations and reminded the governors that Iraq was still a crisis-ridden country and that it had to postpone elections.
“These governors (of the North-East) have failed to take certain facts into consideration. Elections were meant to hold in Iraq in 2003 but were postponed till 2005. Iraq is in disarray. Is that the kind of nation that the North-East governors should be using as a reference point for Nigeria?” he asked.
Replying those who have said that postponing the 2105 elections would amount to a waste of all that had been spent so far, Bakare said such loss would be cheaper than going ahead to conduct an election that would lead to disaster.
He said, “Those who put the cart before the horse are mindful of what has been spent without consideration of further damage.
“It is clear where my loyalties lie but this broadcast is not about political endorsement but to warn the nation of the storms ahead.” Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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