Henry Sado, one of the pastors
who visited President Muhammadu Buhari at the presidential villa in Abuja last
week, says he was deceived into joining the delegation.
Under the aegis of Arewa Pastors
Non-Denominational Initiative for Peace in Nigeria (APPIN), the pastors
endorsed the president and promised to expose those working against him within
the Christain fold.
While they discussed different
issues with the president, the pastors were silent on the plight of Leah
Sharibu, the Christain girl held by Boko Haram for refusing to renounce her
faith.
The action of the clerics sparked
anger, especially on social media. Some had described the visit as a political
pilgrimage to the presidency.
In an attempt to clear his name,
Sado who is a pastor at the Abuja branch of Church of Eternal Life, narrated
how he got to know of the visit.
“Bishop JRA (John Richard Abu)
called me on Wednesday, April 5, 2018, to be part of his team to Aso Rock on
Thursday, April 6. He told me about his closeness to a former president of CAN.
He also said he had spoken with the chairman of Pentecostal Bishops in the 19
northern states and FCT who is also the founder of Dominion Chapel
International Churches, Archbishop Daniels John Praise; hence I should please follow
him,” he said.
“I asked him the purpose of the
visit to the Villa and he said like other Christian groups that have been
visiting the villa, he wants to go and present burning issues to President
Buhari, including the case of Leah Sharibu, the female student of Government
Science Technical College, Dapchi, Yobe state, who is still being held captive
by Boko Haram insurgents and a prayer conference. I am not privy to the speech
he presented.
“I met him for the first time on
Thursday, April 5, 2019, in fact, I had to call him to identify him in the
midst of others. On getting to the villa, the Chaplain of Aso Villa (Seyi
Malomo) was surprised to see him and he asked of Archbishop Daniels John Praise
and Rev. Yakubu Pam (chairman of CAN in 19 northern states and FCT), two very
prominent northern Christian leaders, and he (Abu) said they were not on his
team. There and then, I suspected there are issues, I had been conscripted
through deception.
“I was asked to stand in for FCT
since the Arewa pastors are supposed to come from the 19 northern states and
FCT. I Pastor and have lived in Abuja for the past 17 years, by God’s grace.
Some Christian leaders have been to our church before. I was former national
chairman of YOWICAN (Youth Wing of CAN). I have never turned my back against
the Christian community before, my records with the fathers and God speaks for
me.”
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