Primate Elijah Ayodele, the leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, has warned Nigerians against fighting or risking their lives for politicians, saying political actors often use people and abandon them after elections.
Ayodele gave the warning in a video uploaded on Monday on TikTok while advising Nigerians, particularly young people, not to allow politicians to manipulate them into violence during elections.
He said politicians across party lines were friends despite the intense rivalry among their supporters.
“Nigerians especially, don’t die for politicians. Tinubu and Atiku, they are friends. You only fight and fight and fight and fight and kill yourself.”
Reacting to the violence and political rivalry surrounding elections, the cleric said supporters who sacrificed themselves for politicians would ultimately be left to bear the consequences.
“Don’t kill yourself. Election is coming soon. Don’t let them use you because of N1m or N500,000 they will give you. If you lose, they shoot your leg or they kidnap you or they do anything, it’s your headache.”
Ayodele also urged Nigerians not to fight over political figures who, according to him, would eventually reconcile among themselves after elections.
