Methodist archbishop of Abuja give Buhari his full backing saying despite Fulani herdsmen menace

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has received a big endorsement from the Methodist Archbishop of Abuja Most Reverend Oche Job who has declared that he admires the president because he is a man that fears no one.

Of late, President Buhari can come under attack from Christian leaders across the country over his failure to curb the murderous attacks of Muslim Fulani cattle herdsmen, who have been attacking mainly Christian farming communities across Nigeria's Middle Belt. Last month, the herdsmen attacked a church in Benue State during a service, killing two Catholic priests and 13 defenceless villagers in Ukpor-Mbalom community in Gwer East Local Government Area.

This has prompted Nigerian Christian clergymen to wrote to the pope, asking him to come and visit the country himself to see what is happening. Despite this, however, Reverend Job, said he is full of admiration for President Buhari, adding that he is fearless and if he was a man who fears what people will say, by now, he would have become very nervous.

Reverend Job added: “For sure, I commend him. You see, Buhari fears no one and that’s why I like him, as he makes up his mind and says and does what he thinks is the best for the nation.

“People may not praise him now but by the time he lives the seat and somebody comes in and they begin to do comparison they will say if it were in the time of Buhari, oh my God, this thing would have been this."

He praised the president for recently signing four bills into law, including one that authorises the financial autonomy for the states’ legislators and judicial officers. According to Reverend Job, this would ensure accountability at the state level.

Reverend Job said: “Let’s take former President Goodluck Jonathan as example. He took part of Yar’Adua’s tenure and by the time it came to him properly, he was elected properly.

“When he sought for re-election, people were already tired of him because the period he took from Yar’Adua plus the period he spent on his own which he was elected, people had already known everything about Goodluck Jonathan and they were tired of him. Money could not change the minds of the people and so when I heard about the signing of the bill, I said it is only now that they want to resolve what Nigerians have been covering."

He urged every leader in a position of power to hit the ground running as soon as he or she was elected into office. Reverend Job also said that a good leader must have self-confidence, noting that although there are cabals in Aso Rock at present, they were not as pronounced as they were in the period of former President Jonathan.

“There are cabals in Aso Villa till now but they are no longer well-pronounced like before. At the time of Goodluck Jonathan, every time and then, you hear of cabals.

“I think because Buhari makes up his mind and he knows where he is going, he doesn’t listen to people. That’s why the issue of cabal is no longer pronounced like in the past,” Reverend Job said.