In an open letter posted on social media this morning,
Presidential aide, Lauretta Onochie, came hard on the president of the
Christain Association of Nigeria CAN, Reverend Samson Ayokunle. In her letter,
Onochie said the CAN president through his comments, have shown he does not
speak for Jesus.
She berated the leader of the Christian body for attacking
appointments made by President Buhari. According to her, Ayokunle has repeated
accused President Buhari of always appointing Muslims, which accoridng to her
is False.
Onochie in her letter said Ayokunle feeds off tithes and
offerings given to him from people who worked in the Goodluck Jonathan
administration. She said if the clergyman hates Muslims, he should go and ask
God for forgiveness.
Dear Dr. Samson Olasupo Adeniyi Ayokunle,
I greet you in the name of whatever you hold sacred. It's
definitely not Jesus Christ. Mammon, commonly known as money, is my first
guess.
I have chosen to write you this letter, believing in my
heart, based of your utterances, that you have strayed from the path of
righteousness, peace and love; paths, ordained by God for his sons to follow.
That is, if you were ever on that path.
I do not really understand what you, as the leader of the
Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), stand to gain from constantly
misinforming Nigerians. You keep harping on the lie that appointments made by
President Buhari and VP Osinbajo, were lopsided.
It has been the case that each time appointments are made,
CAN would not bother to check the merits of such appointments nor the
constitutional rights of Mr. President to make such appointments. It does not
bother you whether the appointees are qualified or not. The prerogative of CAN,
under you, Sir, and for selfish reasons, is that members of your religious
organisations only are appointed as a way of boosting your income through
tithes and offerings that accrue to you.
Vice President Osinbajo, a Christian Pastor himself, has
severally, debunked the myth, the lies and fabrications about and around
appointments coming from your angle. Each time, he does it with facts and
figures. And then you wait for the next appointment to regurgitate the same
evil sentiments.
But you Sir, President of CAN, Dr Samson Olasupo, continues
to misinform and to incite animosity against a government that is reaching out
to the poorest in our society, where figures show there are more Christians in
government and where you’re Christian "brother" is the number two
man.
We all know that there's no correlationship between performances
based appointments and religion nor ethnicity. If there was, Ex-Pres. Goodluck
Jonathan, who crawled from one Christian prayer house to the other, would have
been the best President Nigeria ever produced.
Under him, funds allocated for federal projects in Christisn
dominated South were looted as the funds for the Muslim dominated North. Part
of the loot, happily received by people like you in the name of tithes and
offerings. Please show Nigerians where you condemned the heist and that act of
treachery perpetuated by your affiliate party, the PDP.
It's on record that this government has fulfilled the quota
system and the federal character requirements in federal appointments.
Christians who have been appointed into this government, know that the budget
for their MDAs, are for the people of Nigeria, and not for tithes and
offerings. They are real christians who fulfil their religious obligations to
their churches without dipping their hands into the treasury. They will not
shortchange the people of Nigeria in the exercise of their national calling in
order to swell the greedy purse of men who pretend to be God.
My experience over the last four years has been that many
Nigerians who approach government functionaries want something for themselves
alone. Your role as a Christian Leader
is to educate our people in selflessness and preach harmony, love and peace,
attributes Jesus and Pastor Kumuyi of the Deeper Life Bible Church are known
for.
President Buhari is ALL about the common man: the weak, the
poor and the vulnerable. He will continue to defend and protect our treasury
for the benefit of all Nigerians, from people like you who hide behind the
cloak of religion to advocate selfish interests and corruption.
The problems of our nation are corruption, tribalism and
religion, thanks to unrighteous preachers. These problems are key in hampering
Nigeria’s development. And you are fuelling these problems by what you say and
what you fail to do.
Misinformation is a fancy word for lies and bearing false
witnesses. We all know what the working document of CAN, the Bible, says about
lies, bearing false witnesses and liars.
Proverbs 19:9 says,
"A false witness will not go unpunished, and he who breathes
out lies will perish."
The bible frowns seriously at lies and deliberate
misinformation. According to the bible, the righteous hates falsehood, but the
wicked brings shame and disgrace. You, Sir, can now see that you are not a
righteous man as you love falsehood and strive to disseminate it.
The bible goes on to define the genealogy of liars. John
8:44 says to you:
"You are of your father the devil, and your will is to
do your father's desires. He (the devil ), was a murderer from the beginning,
and has nothing to do with the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he
lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of
lies."
The bible did not stop there; it says that the hottest part
of hell, is reserved for liars. Chew on that.
If you have a deep rooted hatred for Muslims, go on your
knees and ask God to forgive you. It is God who decides what religion we take
by causing people to be born into specific families. If its the government you
hate, you can start by trying to love VP Osinbajo who is also Christian.
You have continued to open your mouth and allow your
predecessor to speak through you. You believe and have voiced that Nigeria's
leadership of today is not the best. Well, PRESIDENT BUHARI did not emerge
through the barrels of the gun but through the expression of the popular will
of the people of Nigeria. Nigerians, who elected him, adjudged him the best.
Howrver, that time is here again with us. Please present your best candidate
and let's see how he/she measures up to the one you despise.
Listen, Nigerians are at their wits end with pretenders to
the throne of God, Christians and Muslims alike, like you. They want to be left
alone to continue to live as a people. Your role is to support them by
emulating Jesus Christ in preaching love of ones neighbour. Since you appear to
be far from Jesus, try to emulate Christian leaders like Rev. Mbaka and Pastor
Kumuyi. That's how you can be a great Christian leader.
Pres. Buhari is a selfless leader too and worthy of
emulation. So , RESPECT YOURSELF. Henceforth, let all your speech be always
full of grace, seasoned with salt.... (Col. 4:6)
God bless Nigeria.
Lauretta Onochie
@Laurestar
