Clerics angry at Buhari because they no longer receive tithes from stolen funds – Gov Bello
…Says Buhari will win 2019 elections by landslide
Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State has reacted to news that some Catholic Bishops that visited President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday are angry with his (Buhari) style of leadership.
The governor noted that while it is true that some Nigerians are happy, however, those that are angry are those that the president blocked their access to the nation’s treasury.
Bello said this on Friday in an interactive session with State House correspondents after observing the Friday Ju’mat prayer at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
In his words: “It’s very true that Nigerians are angry but the question is: who are this category of Nigerians that are angry?
“The Nigerians that are angry are those who used private jets to cart away Nigeria’s money in dollars out of the country to South Africa. I’m sure you are aware that our money is still locked down there. Such money if you bring it into the economy, a lot of youths that are unemployed will surely be employed.
“And of course those that have looted the country dry and normally go to church and mosque to pay tithe are no longing doing so. Of course these are the people that are angry.”
“I think those that are benefiting from these crimes and criminality will be angry and they are Nigerians. So it is important to define the category of people who are angry.
The governor futher said President Buhari would be reelected regardless of the order of the 2019 elections.
Commenting on the proposal by the National Assembly that the elections into the Senate and House of Representatives should kick-start the polls, the governor said: “If you observed critically what happened in the last election, where Mr. President was elected along with other members of the National Assembly, then we called it Buhari Tsunami, where the good, the bad and the ugly were all put together and elected.
“It’s either going to be in their interest that the Buhari Tsunami will return them or everybody will be on his or her own. Let Buhari return and let Nigerians select the good ones out of the bad ones to return to the National Assembly.
“Whichever order is adopted for the coming general elections, I can assure you that Mr. President will win with a landslide and the good ones will return to the National Assembly.”
Bello urged Nigerians to give Buhari a chance to complete what he has started adding that he supports the Bola Tinubu-led committee set up during the week, by Buhari, to reconcile all aggrieved members of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
“Whatever Mr. President believes in, his judgment and his wisdom, I believe in him. And I believe in his ability to bring all party members together,” he said.
