The General Overseer of Omega
Fire Ministries International, Apostle Johnson Suleman, has said former
president Olusegun Obasanjo spoke the mind of Nigerians in his open letter to
President Muhammadu Buhari on the current security situation in the country.
Apostle Suleman, who cautioned
that Nigeria was sitting on a keg of gunpowder, said urgent steps must be taken
to avert looming crisis in the country.
The cleric spoke yesterday when
he visited Governor Samuel Ortom in Makurdi, the Benue State capital.
According to him, all was not
well with the country and there was urgent need to have the challenges tackled
headlong.
He said, “In Obasanjo’s letter, I
did not see what he wrote there that has not been happening. People must draw a
line between politics and reality. He spoke the mind of Nigerians and should
not be castigated.
“I learnt some people are calling
for his arrest, but before anybody arrests Obasanjo they should first arrest
those who threatened the government by issuing a 30 days ultimatum to the
government over the suspension of the Ruga settlement plan.”
Apostle Suleman commended
Governor Ortom for choosing to defend his people at the peak of the herdsmen
crisis in the state instead of his position or office as was common in the
country stressing that such attribute was very rare among majority of leaders.
“Many leaders would prefer to
defend their seats and positions at the expense of their people in such
situations, the path Governor Ortom took was capable of costing him his second
term election but he never bothered.”
Responding, Governor Ortom
commended Apostle Suleman for supporting the state through prayers and his
N5million cash donation for the upkeep of Internally Displaced Persons in the
state, describing him as a true friend of the state.
Ortom said herders invasion of
the state was for the purposes of occupation and not grazing.
“Benue would not accept open
grazing, grazing reserves, Ruga or whatever because they are all in conflict
with our Open Grazing Prohibition and Ranches Establishment Law,” he warned.
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