As Nigeria marches towards the 2023 elections, the Catholic Archbishop of Abuja Diocese, Ignatius Kaigama on Sunday warned religious leaders preaching miracles and prosperity against dabbling into politics in the name of divine prophecy. The cleric said religious leaders must resist the temptation to do the bidding of influential Nigerians by prophesying electoral victory or massaging their worldly ego and during public religious gatherings. “For us religious leaders, we must remain ardent in preaching the truth with courage and not be deterred even by threats to life. Unfortunately, many religious leaders who are sadly preaching miracles and prosperity are now dabbling into political forecasting in the name of divine prophecy. “Religious leaders must resist the temptation to do influential people’s bidding by prophesying electoral victory or massaging their worldly ego and during public religious gatherings.”ENDS***Copyright PUNCH.

Source: Punch January 31, 2022 07:55 UTC