God’S Kingdom Society (GKS), also known as The Church of the Living God, has urged Nigerians to eschew violence, corruption and politics of “self-gratification and vainglory” to ensure a peaceful, orderly and successful transition of power in the forthcoming elections.
In a statement signed by the Acting Publicity Secretary of the church, Ogechukwu Emmanuel Oriaku, the church implored political parties to allow the fear of God and love of one’s neighbour to guide their actions, even as she urged stakeholders in the process “to remain non-partisan and to resist any form of inducement that would make them compromise the integrity of the process.”
The church further charged all stakeholders to be guided by the rule of law rather than engaging in politics of deceit, intrigues, manipulation of ethnic and regional sentiments and gratuitous litigations in the struggle for power.
The statement reads: “It is unfortunate that some are carrying on as if the results are already known, as if the voters are irrelevant or that the elections are mere formality.”
Warning those indulging in untoward practices, the GKS asserted: “Leaders must be serious-minded and mature individuals, who are willing and ready to render service to the people. They should be people of high integrity, who are solicitous of public welfare and who would rule with the fear of God, knowing they will give account of themselves to God someday.
“Incidentally, virtually all politicians seeking offices today say their motive is to render service to the people. If that is the case, then it is expected that those who lose at the forthcoming elections should work with the winners for the progress of the country.”
