Politics

Peter Obi Makes U-turn, Sets Record Straight On Church Vigils Statement

The 2023 Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi has said that his recent statement on converting church vigils to night shifts has been misrepresented.

Recall that Obi, during an appearance on a podcast, had stated that too much time is being spent attending church services from Monday to Friday.

His submission was greeted with mixed reactions among Nigerians with many describing it as an infringement on religious traditions.

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However, speaking via a statement issued by his media aide, Ibrahim Umar, the former governor said his account was twisted and blown out of proportion.

The statement partly read, “Our attention has been drawn to a huge twist in his recent media interview, saying erroneously that he called for the dismantling of churches in Nigeria.

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“By the headline given to the interview, the import of Obi’s message has been greatly overturned and grossly distorted to serve a mischievous end.

“The Labour Party leader is well known as a man of strong faith who has enormous respect and love for every religion and tried in the referenced interview to bring to Nigerians how religion can be more effective in their lives.

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“Obi, in the interview, was merely underscoring what Apostle James said in ‘Faith without Works is unhelpful.’ When Obi said that he would turn night vigil into production night, he was only stressing the importance of worshipping God through work.

“Even Jesus Christ never picked any of his 12 disciples where they were praying but where they were working as fishermen and tax collectors, among others.

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“What we are doing in Nigeria, which Obi’s interview is highlighting as wrong and should be discontinued, is exchanging work for prayer when the two should go together.

“There is no evidence in the scripture that Jesus blessed an idle person. The problem In some of Nigeria’s worship communities is that they are not following St James advisory that we should be doers of the words.”

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