The Leader Of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, has weighed in on the jostling for the leadership of Nigeria’s upper legislative chamber, the senate, by political actors.
He said money will play a huge role on who controls the national assembly, adding that a Muslim senate president portends danger for the chamber.
His assertion is contained in a statement signed Monday by his media aide, Osho Oluwatosin, on Monday.
Primate Ayodele stated that Igbo would be in trouble should Orji Kalu loses his aspiration of becoming the next Senate President.
He said ‘’I still maintain that the best candidate for senate president is Orji Uzor Kalu. If he loses it Igbo will be in trouble.
“The Igbos in the house will make it difficult for him but to balance the situation, an Igbo person and a Christian is better. A Muslim emerging the next senate president will lead to crisis, there will be so much rowdy session and disagreement in the house,’’ he said.
He also said the best candidate to become the next House of Representatives speaker is Ahmed Wase, the current deputy speaker.
‘’If the opposition parties put themselves together as expected, they will shake the speakership race but there will be division among them because money will separate them.
“Money will make them not come together to produce a good candidate. The proposed coalition among opposition parties in the House of Representatives will not work. The deputy speaker, Ahmed Idris Wase is the best candidate. He will stabilize the house,” he added