‘God has decided outcome of next elections’
God has decided the outcome of this year’s general elections long ago and nobody can change that, a cleric from President Goodluck Jonathan’s hometown of Otuoke in Bayelsa State has said.
Bishop of Ogbia Diocese Rev. James Aye Oruwori stated this yesterday at St. Stephens Anglican Church, Otuoke where the president participated in the first Sunday service of the year.
This was barely 72 hours after a Catholic Priest Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka has urged Jonathan to drop his re-election bid so that the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate retired General Muhammadu Buhari could emerge the winner of the presidential election.
But in his sermon yesterday, Oruwori told the congregation comprising Jonathan’s aides, Governor Seriake Dickson, Deputy Governor John Jonah and the Chaplain of Presidential Villa Chapel Rev. Obiona Owuzurumba that God had decided on the 2015 polls long ago.
The cleric also said that rather than exhibit fears about the forthcoming general elections, Nigerians should be calm and abide by God’s decision which, according to him, no one could change.
He said: “God has written his decision on the next elections. No one can change it. He wrote the decision long ago. Election is the biggest thing we are expecting this year. We must stop exhibiting fear. We should be calm and abide by God’s decision.”
Oruwori admonished the congregation to shun sins and have a strong relationship with God for them to win all battles.
Jonathan described the country’s future as bright, expressing optimism that with its vast potentials, Nigeria would get to the promised land in spite of the challenges it faced.
The president assured Nigerians that his government would continue to explore Nigeria’s potentials to move the nation forward.