…Warns of Rising Tension
A security consultant, Dr Agodi Kanu, has called on the Federal Government to ban election-related prophecies and predictions, warning that they could threaten the nation’s peace and democracy.
Speaking in an interview on Tuesday in Gombe State, Kanu said that some clerics had turned election predictions into a trend, often making conflicting claims about poll outcomes under the guise of divine revelations.
“With this, tensions are built up because their followers may be saying ‘my pastor cannot lies, ‘my imam cannot lie.’’ This may breed bad blood, deception, anger and then create a tense environment for election,” he warned.
Kanu stressed that such prophecies influence voters, leading to divisions among religious followers.
“When these prophecies come and the followers listen and begin to toe the line of what their leaders said on the pulpits, there could be conflicting interests and God is not an author of confusion,” he said.
“If all the clerics who do political predictions will say Mr A will win and he wins, good. But when a cleric says A will win, why will another person say Mr B will win and yet, another will say Mr C will win, all claiming that what they are saying is from God. How many God do we then have?”
He urged the government to legislate against these practices, stating, “If you want to be a politician, drop your religious garments and join politics, but don’t deceive people and not allow the process to run.”
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