Justifying the authenticity of the bishops, King said they have exiting ministries running for several years.
By Ishaya Ibrahim, News Editor
The ‘Fake bishops’ at the unveiling of All Progressives Congress (APC) vice presidential candidate, Kashim Shettima, have said that they are real bishops.
The ‘bishops’ caused a stir at Shettima’s unveiling, especially after some of them were seeing struggling for seats at the event, lifting seats from one position to another and changing from their bishop robes at the end of the ceremony. Some of the ‘bishops’ were also covering their faces after journalists accosted them for interviews. The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) said they were artisans who didn’t have enough time to learn how to wear the bishop robes handed to them.
But the ‘bishops’ said they were genuine.
Addressing newsmen on Monday in Abuja, one of the ‘bishops’ who said he is the Secretary of the Muslim-Christian Love Foundation, an interfaith organisation of religious leaders, Bishop Adams Abel King, said they never portrayed themselves as emissaries of CAN.
He said they identified with Shettima and the APC because of the transformation he brought to Borno state.
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King said: “Although Senator Kashim Shettima took the mantle of the State at a difficult time marked by terror attacks and deadly insurgency, his mature, cautious, and decisive management of the state’s affairs helped preserved the social fabric that held several communities together and reassured members of the Christian faith that the government remained committed to their freedoms and wellbeing.”
Justifying the authenticity of the church leaders at the event, the King said the bishops have exiting ministries running for several years.
They include: The Christian Revival Evangelical Mission Worldwide of Apostle Godwin Livinus; the Divine Prophetic End Time Gospel Faith in Kubwa, Abuja of Bishop Emeka Theodore; the Light House of all Nation Ministry of Bishop Emmanuel Sunday Jayeola, among others.
