{"id":59076,"date":"2017-08-07T04:07:11","date_gmt":"2017-08-07T03:07:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=59076"},"modified":"2017-08-07T04:07:11","modified_gmt":"2017-08-07T03:07:11","slug":"north-leaders-move-billions-churches-influence-one-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/north-leaders-move-billions-churches-influence-one-nigeria\/","title":{"rendered":"North Leaders Move Billions into Churches to Influence &#8216;One Nigeria&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sermons&#8230;Muslims infiltrate churches, claim conversion<\/p>\n<p>Traditional rulers, officials of ailing President Mohammadu Buhari&#8217;s<br \/>\ngovernment and political leaders\u00a0 from the core northern Nigeria are<br \/>\ndishing out every trick in the book to cling to a &#8220;one Nigeria&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Pointblanknews.com has learned that the core north have moved billions<br \/>\ninto the churches to influence sermons and organise prayer rallies<br \/>\npreaching the unity of Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>It was gathered that payments of between N5million to N500 million and<br \/>\nabove were made based on size of\u00a0 denominations and coordinated by the<br \/>\nDepartment of State Security (DSS). Agents of the DSS, using Muslims, have<br \/>\ninfiltrated many churches claiming to have been converted to Christianity.<\/p>\n<p>While some churches receive direct payments, others receive payments<br \/>\nthrough decoys and disguises including renovation of such worship places.<\/p>\n<p>Most churches, unaware of the fraud, present such people as new converts,<br \/>\nwho later provide useful contacts of such denominations to the government.<br \/>\nGovernment contacts in turn donate huge sums to the churches to carry out<br \/>\nface lift of such\u00a0 churches and preach one Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>Further investigations revealed that security agents attend such services<br \/>\nto ensure that the sermons\/prayers on one Nigeria were carried out as<br \/>\nagreed.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;God will not allow this country to break up. Politicians are the ones<br \/>\ntrying to break up Nigeria. We are one. Recently, an Emir sent me N5<br \/>\nmillion. He is not even a Christian. Why are we fighting ourselves.<br \/>\nNigeria must remain one&#8221;, head of an Abuja-based church, Divine Pillars<br \/>\nChurch, who benefited from the largess, said during a recent church<br \/>\nservice.<\/p>\n<p>Another ministry located in Garki, Abuja, organised a programme it called<br \/>\n&#8220;Standing in the Gap for Nigeria&#8221;, an all night programme where the unity<br \/>\nof Nigeria was the dominant theme.<\/p>\n<p>The ministry was recently renovated by a female, Fulani muslim convert,<br \/>\nwho is also used to channel funds from government officials and oligarchs<br \/>\nto the ministry.<\/p>\n<p>A prayer group from a particular big church was invited to a prayer rally<br \/>\ntagged &#8220;Pray for Nigeria&#8221;. The prayer programme which held at the Women<br \/>\nCentre, Abuja, also saw some muslim groups in attendance.<\/p>\n<p>The Christian group was shocked to see that the Muslims who initiated the<br \/>\nopening prayer switched to prayer for President Buhari which angered the<br \/>\nwomen, who claimed that they were deceived.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You said we are here to pray for Nigeria. Why will I pray for somebody<br \/>\nwho has not said anything about the killing of Christians in Southern<br \/>\nKaduna, Benue, Plateau, Enugu and other places. Sorry, I can&#8217;t do that&#8221;,<br \/>\none of the women said as they stormed out\u00a0 of the center in anger.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on the development, Leader of a group, Christian Lives Matter,<br \/>\nAbel Okene, said some churches in Nigeria are engaging in activities<br \/>\nunbecoming of followers of Jesus Christ.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;How can you be paid before you initiate a programme on the unity of<br \/>\nNigeria. Unity of Nigeria should be of concern to all Nigerians<br \/>\nirrespective of faith and churches should take the lead and not wait to be<br \/>\npaid by people who have a self-centered attachment to the unity of<br \/>\nNigeria.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;And for those who are not aware of the schemes of the Hausa-Fulani people<br \/>\nthey had better wake up. How do you pay billions of naira to fund Nigerian<br \/>\nunity sermons that will benefit only a section of the country and you<br \/>\ncannot fund restructuring or even reforms that will guarantee justice and<br \/>\nequity?<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;And for those (churches) claiming they have new converts, when they<br \/>\n(converts) are frustrated and feel power slipping through their hands,<br \/>\nthey will go on rampage and those churches they now know will receive the<br \/>\nfirst hit. 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