The vice presidential candidate for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, has accused the presidential candidate for the Labour Party, Peter Obi, of trying to win votes by inciting resentment in the church ahead of the 2023 presidential election.
Obi has frequented many churches in Nigeria and has always been welcomed with open arms.
Okowa, the governor of Delta state, said in an interview with DailyTrust in Kano state that the church should not be brought into politics.
Okowa said it was regrettable that individuals hold on to anything, even to the detriment of their fate, in response to a question on the claim made by some that his emergence as the PDP’s vice presidential candidate was a betrayal to the south, especially given Obi’s growing popularity in the region.
Okowa said “Now you begin to look at what is going on; the Peter Obi factor is as if he is trying to go through the church and make it look as if he is driving the Christians into politics. I do not believe that the church should actively go into politics because that is not their calling.
“But people are just hanging to anything they can reach out to even to the detriment of their fate. I don’t believe that’s the right part to go.”