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From Judex Okoro, Calabar
National Publicity Secretary of Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN), Bishop Gospel Emmah Isong, has stated that the association has not endorsed any presidential candidate ahead of the poll, calling on Christians to vote their conscience.
Isong disclosed this in an interview with journalists on Friday while reacting to news making the rounds that the association had endorsed a candidate, which he described as fake news.
He said such news is intended to rubbish and drag the good image of PFN to disrepute. He called on well meaning Nigerians to shun anything that could divide us and rather concentrate on issues that unite us. He said: “I want you to know that nothing like that has happened in the history of the PFN. We have not endorsed any political party or any presidential candidate. Presently, the 17th Biennial conference of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria PFN, titled, “More Than Conquerors,” is on in Bayelsa state.
“We coincidentally had vice presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic party (PDP), Gov, Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State, and Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate Mr. Peter Obi, fellowship with us on same day.
“And at no point did the National President, His Eminence Bishop Dr. Wale Oke, nor fathers of faith of NEC endorse any presidential candidate or political party. That has not happened. I believe whatever you have read regarding that issue is junk and fake news.
“PFN called on the 60 million Christians in Nigeria to look into the profile of these candidates and vote their conscience.” The group said it could and would not force any Christian to vote a particular candidate to vote their conscience.
