Christians have endorsed Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu for a second term in office, saying he had done well in the first four years.
The Christians spoke through the Leaders of Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN), Lagos State chapter at a meeting in Ikeja, the state capital.
They urged the faithful to vote Sanwo-Olu on March 11, 2023.
At the “emergency’ meeting were PFN chairman Apostle Enyinnaya Okwuonu, the secretary, Pastor Mahmood Akindejoye and director of DPG, Bishop Theophilus Ajose, director and other PFN leaders. The meeting was convened to review the February 25, 2023 election and the need to present a common front for the March 11 governorship election.
Bishop Ajose said it was the church that requested for a Christian governor, adding that PFN is solidly behind Sanwo-Olu.
He said; “The church in Lagos State asked for a Christian governor and Governor Sanwo-Olu has done very well in the last four years. This gubernatorial election is not about any political party but about the candidate. Mr. Sanwo-Olu has made Christians very proud and has governed the state without any religious bias. He is one of us and the church is speaking with one voice that Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu deserves our support again.
“I call on all great church leaders across different religious divides – Pentecostals, Orthodox, OAIC, Muslims, religious and Christian organisations to support the gubernatorial candidacy of Mr. Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu,” Ajose said.
Okwuonu said though PFN is not partisan and without prejudice to other contestants, Sanwo-Olu deserves a second term to complete the good work he had started in Lagos.
Also, Akindejoye urged Christians to be united in supporting Sanwo-Olu for a second term, which according to him is crucial to the developmental projects that he has started.
To Bishop Steven Ogedengbe, Lagos under Sanwo-Olu has been peaceful and that explains why there is an influx of people across the country to earn their living in the state.
Ogedengbe, however, urged the PFN family to be united in voting for Sanwo-Olu on March 11, 2023.
Other leaders at the meeting included DPG women leader Dr. Mrs Toyin Ojejinmi, Archbishop Mary Ajisafe, Hon Femi George, deputy director of DPG, Apostle Barnabas Otoibhi, Pastor Victor Mathew and Prophet Segun Olaleye.
