Once again, the social media was set ablaze after a video of a latest Honest Bunch podcast surfaced on social media leaving the beloved Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP) under heavy attack.
For the first time, even those who cherish the former Anambra State Governor gave him a piece of their mind.
Before this day, pictures of Obi in all smiles with the hosts of the podcast had emerged sparking a wide range of excitement among his crowd of followers.
However, when the podcast was finally released, many did not hear what they expected to hear.
Peter Obi lamented that too much time is being spent attending church services from Monday to Friday instead of using that time to be productive.
His submission was greeted with mixed reactions among Nigerians with many describing it as an infringement on religious traditions.
Peter Obi Speaks
The controversy increased, so much that Obi was forced to speak, noting that his statement on converting church vigils to night shifts has been misrepresented.
Speaking via a statement issued by his media aide, Ibrahim Umar, the former governor said his account was twisted and blown out of proportion.
The statement partly read: “Our attention has been drawn to a huge twist in his recent media interview, saying erroneously that he called for the dismantling of churches in Nigeria.
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“By the headline given to the interview, the import of Obi’s message has been greatly overturned and grossly distorted to serve a mischievous end.
“The Labour Party leader is well known as a man of strong faith who has enormous respect and love for every religion and tried in the referenced interview to bring to Nigerians how religion can be more effective in their lives.
Faith Without Works
“Obi, in the interview, was merely underscoring what Apostle James said in ‘Faith without Works is unhelpful.’ When Obi said that he would turn night vigil into production night, he was only stressing the importance of worshipping God through work.
“Even Jesus Christ never picked any of his 12 disciples where they were praying but where they were working as fishermen and tax collectors, among others.
“What we are doing in Nigeria, which Obi’s interview is highlighting as wrong and should be discontinued, is exchanging work for prayer when the two should go together.
“There is no evidence in the scripture that Jesus blessed an idle person. The problem In some of Nigeria’s worship communities is that they are not following St James advisory that we should be doers of the words.”
