The leadership of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) has denied reports on social media that the Christian body has endorsed Mr Peter Obi of Labour Party.
The PFN National Publicity Secretary, Bishop Emmah Isong, spoke on Friday, from Bayelsa State, where the body is having its 17th Biennial Conference.
“I want you to know that nothing like that had ever happened in the history of the PFN and it will not happen. We have not endorsed any political party or any presidential candidate.
“What we have ongoing is the 17th Biennial Conference of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria PFN, titled, ‘More Than Conquerors,’ in Bayelsa state,” he stated.
Isong described the trending report as fake news and called on Nigerians to disregard it.
He said the report was probably meant to denigrade the integrity of the body and bring it to disrepute.
He said: “We, coincidentally, had Vice presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Gov Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta state, and former governor of Anambra and presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi, same day who came in to fellowship with us.
“And at no point did the National President, His Eminence Bishop Dr. Wale Oke nor the fathers of faith of NEC endorsed any presidential candidate or political party. That has not happened. I believe whatever you have read regarding that issue is junk and fake news.”
He said the conference was an avenue for all Christians, especially those in power, to come in and fellowship with Church leaders in Nigeria but that no endorsement was done at the conference.
The PFN scribe called on the 60 million Christians in Nigeria to look into the profile of the candidates and vote according to their conscience, stressing that the Christian body would not and cannot force any Christian to vote a particular candidate.
While insisting that the PFN remained non-partisan, Bishop Isong urged all followers and supporters of political parties to stop the use of social media to generate rumours which could hurt the nation.
