President, Christ Apostolic Church Nigeria and Overseas, Pastor Samuel Olusegun Oladele has called on United Nations to take agitations by all ethnic groups from Nigeria seriously during the General Assembly.
The minister of God, during 2021 Pastors’ Confab of the church at Ikeji Arakeji, Osun State, tasked the UN on fair treatment of all member nations, saying if the body could take Palestine and Eugenia, Burma seriously, then all agitation groups from Nigeria should be treat same way.
He said: “If the United Nations would be upright to its responsibility, the UN should remember that our President had addressed that General Assembly twice. In his address to the UN in the General Assembly, he played an advocate for the autonomy of Palestine from the land of Israel. Likewise for Eugenia in Burma.”
“If they took that seriously, the UN should take the agitations for self determination in Nigeria by different groups seriously.
“We are not saying we should separate just like that, but if our being together would mean the domination of others by one particular ethnic group, then UN should be up and doing and intervene.”
Speaking on the lingering crisis in his church, the cleric disclosed that the crisis would soon be over as appreciable efforts had been made to resolve it finally.
He disclosed that the church, irrespective of the crisis, has started using the same Bible study pamflet and other books unlike before.
He said: “We were never this come close to the end of the crisis. The crisis broke out in 1990 during a conference like this in Ilesha, that’s about 31 years ago. For the past four years, efforts have been made and we have done much work at reconciling all the factions at Christ Apostolic Church.”
“Our side met with the other brethren on the other side of the divide. There are still few grey areas that we are looking at. As soon as we perfect those things, we shall announce to the whole world that the strife is over, the battle is won and we will sing hallelujah.”
Commenting on the 2023 general elections and plans by some political parties to cede presidential ticket to the North, the Pastor said only enemies of the nation would advocate retaining power in the North after the end of President Muhammadu Buhari’s tenure.
“Zoning or rotation is the best thing for a country like ours. If anybody from the North says he’s going to contest for that presidency again in 2023, that person doesn’t love this country at all. What has been helping us is rotation of the presidency,” the C.A.C. President said.
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