Former President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, has delivered a scathing assessment of the country's political trajectory, declaring that Nigeria has grown significantly worse under President Bola Tinubu following the "mess" left behind by the late former President Muhammadu Buhari.
Speaking on Monday during an appearance on Channels Television’s Politics Today, the influential cleric and former National President of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) argued that the current state of the nation makes a 2027 re-election bid for Tinubu entirely unjustifiable.
Oritsejafor reminded Nigerians that the current socio-economic crisis is the culmination of a decade-long decline, noting that he foresaw the downward spiral as far back as 2014.
“In 2014, I tried to warn this nation of the direction it was going, when the Buhari government was getting ready to come in, I knew that it was going to be a mess,” Oritsejafor stated. “From there, I don’t know what to call where we are now; it has grown worse. In 2014, I tried to warn this nation of the direction it was going.”
The prominent religious leader explained that the sheer scale of hardship experienced by everyday citizens forced him to break his silence and demand systemic accountability from the nation's political leadership.
“And it has gotten to a point where I feel I have to say something, I must begin to say something because I pastor people, they are human beings, Nigerians, and we must begin to hold people accountable for what is happening,” he emphasized.
Oritsejafor also reminded Nigerians of his long-standing stance on the previous administration, reiterating, “I knew Buhari’s administration was going to be a mess.”
