CAC president knocks leaders over hardship, insecurity

Pastor Samuel Oladele, President of the Christ Apostolic Church (CAC) in Nigeria and Overseas, has strongly criticized the nation's leaders for reneging on their electoral promises, stating that Nigerians are not seeing any improvement in their lives.

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They promised they would make life better for Nigerians, they promised Nigerians light, they promised Nigerians security, and they promised them better healthcare, but none of it is coming. We are not seeing anything. We are paying almost N1,300 for fuel now. How can we bear that? It is too harsh for the citizens.

During a send-off service for the church's former Financial Director, Pastor Johnson Omitinde, Oladele expressed deep concern over the current hardships. "They promised they would make life better for Nigerians, they promised Nigerians light, they promised Nigerians security, and they promised them better healthcare, but none of it is coming. We are not seeing anything," he lamented. He highlighted the exorbitant fuel price, now around N1,300, as an unbearable burden for citizens.

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So we are calling on the leaders of this nation, especially the president, to look at the situation in the country, and do something fast, as CAN would say, it should declare a state of emergency on security and other issues destroying this country.

Oladele urged President Bola Tinubu and other leaders to address the dire situation urgently. He echoed the Christian Association of Nigeria's (CAN) call for a state of emergency on security and other critical issues plaguing the country. "Insecurity has gone to a peak that we cannot bear any longer," he stated, emphasizing the widespread suffering caused by kidnappings and killings.

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The Church has seen what our citizens are going through. The Christian Association of Nigeria, being the lead body of the Church in Nigeria, has declared a three-day fasting and prayers for the Church to mourn over what is happening in this nation, especially the kidnapping, the killings, and all the jihadist practices in Nigeria.

In response to the national crisis, the CAC president announced that the church, as the lead body of the Christian Association of Nigeria, would observe a three-day mourning period with fasting and prayers from June 12 to June 14. During this time, congregants will wear black or sackcloth to signify their displeasure with the state of the nation. Oladele also implored Governor Seyi Makinde to ensure the safe return of abducted pupils and teachers. He stressed that the church's role is to pray for leaders, hoping for divine guidance to steer the nation toward a better future.

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Insecurity has gone to a peak that we cannot bear any longer. So we have to declare mourning with prayers and fasting from June 12 through June 14, when we would all be putting on sack clothes, black clothes and mourning to tell the world that we don’t like what is happening in this nation.