It’s immoral to advocate violence when you have foreign visa, Oyemade tackles elite

THE Senior Pastor of the Covenant Christian Centre, Poju Oyemade, has said the problem of the country is not dearth of human resources, as the Nigeria has brilliant and intelligent people in surfeit, but lack of political will from the ruling class.

Oyemade noted that the state of the country is not a reflection of its intellectual content and capacity.

The pastor, who lamented the country’s inability to exploit its human and material resources, asked series of rhetorical questions.

He said “Is it that Nigerians are not bright or intelligent? Our society is not a reflection of our intellectual content and capacity,

“Nigerians are some of the most intellectually able people in the world. The problem is lack of political will.

“It is clear that the way we are going about, things must change. We cannot keep doing things the same way and expect any significant change.”

Speaking on the growing agitations for secession which have resulted in violence  and the pervasive insecurity across the country, Oyemade berated the elite for stoking the embers of war.

He said it’s immoral for elite privileged to have foreign visas to be fanning the embers of violence.

The pastor said  while the elite may have the opportunity to escape war in Nigeria, poor and old citizens would be the worst victims.

“It would be immoral, let me say it to the elites, to advocate for violence when you have a foreign visa on your own passport. The theatre to exit the nation and the theatre if anything happens,” he said.

“A war is something you can only determine when it starts, you cannot determine when it ends. You can be in it for 30 years, you may run away from that theatre but the poor that you claim that you are fighting for will be the one left fighting and suffering.

“You may run but remember elderly ones are in that theatre. People who are weak. You will have family members that will be left behind.”