Primate Elijah Ayodele, the leader of the INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, explained the type of president Nigerians should vote for in the 2023 general elections on Sunday.
Primate Ayodele said in a statement signed by his media aide, Osho Oluwatosin, that Nigeria needs an intelligent president who fears God, cares about the poor, and is committed to improving the country’s economy.
He stated that the country requires an unbiased leader because a non-sectarian president would keep the country united.
Ayodele warned citizens against electing a president who would serve as a puppet for previous leaders.
He said:
“This is the kind of person Nigerians should vote for as the next president of the country, someone who will make Nigeria better, one who is intelligent and has the fear of God. Someone who has feelings for the poor and is intentional about making the economy better. One who isn’t sectional and doesn’t have religious bias.
“We need someone who will create employment for the youths, who will fight corruption and won’t be sectional. This present government is sectional in fighting corruption and insecurity. We need someone who will make a promise and fulfil it, someone who will take Nigeria as his own nation and won’t rule as a regional leader. Someone who will take education seriously and not use payment of workers’ salaries as a campaign. One who will look after the pensioners.
“We need someone who has the mind to do restructuring, one who won’t be a puppet to past leaders, someone who will reorganize the country, who will do infrastructure, invest in agriculture.
According to the clergyman, Nigeria requires a president who will fight injustice, reject ethnicity, and “handle security properly, one who is bold and calls a spade a spade.” We require someone to fight injustice because the judiciary is corrupt.”
Primate Ayodele stated that while none of the top contenders possess all of the outlined characteristics flawlessly, God will touch the minds of voters to determine who is superior.
“This is the kind of leader God described to me and who among them has this attribute? God said he will touch the heart of Nigerians to see someone who has these. Although among them, none of them has it excellently and we can’t have an excellent leader in 2023 but we will get someone who can make it better than it is now,”
he added.