It says in the book of Psalm Chapter 105 verse 15: Touch not my anointed and do my prophet no harm. This writer hereby calls on all those who wouldn't keep an open mind,to desist from reading this article. It must be stressed that the writer is a practicing and a devout christian,possessed by the one crying in the wilderness, weighed down by the burden to appraise a phenomenon. Thank you.

Once upon a season,the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria,Dr Goodluck Ebele Jonathan,having succeeded his late boss came to worship with christian faithfuls at the campground of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (R.C.C.G) .This was prior to the 2011 general elections which was drawing nigh. Such a move was viewed by political pundits as calculated by the President to target the eligible voters of that church which is the largest pentecostal church in Nigeria. He would later return to the R.C.C.G campground at their Holy Ghost Congress in 2012 to thank the mammoth electorate from that church after his victory at the polls and tell the believers he hadn't made up his mind to contest the 2015 general elections.He sank to his knees before the General Overseer of the church, Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye, who prayed for the nation and the administration of the President.
The Holy Ghost congress have,over the years,been attended by political gladiators like the fourth republic's first president,Chief Olusegun Obasanjo. OBJ fled there when Pastor Bakare prophesied that coup plotters were going to commit him to Mother Earth before his inauguration in May 29,1999. This year,that same church hosted our meek and pious President at a branch in Lagos Island.The General Overseer was in attendance,coming from its international headquarters at Ebutte Metta.The President was shepherded by his gentlemen-at-arms,bristling with weaponry that could have sufficiently held every member in attendance hostage. His soldiers;armed to the teeth,crowned their sophistication with no-nonsence looks that made one wonder if these boys weren't due for Sambisa Forest;if they didn't belong to our Spartan Military which had often tasted humility in the hands of the Boko Haram insurgents.
It is an open truth that politics have been incorporated with the institution of religion. Churches have many of its members as public office holders;some of whom constitute its spinal cord in tithing and otherwise. And spiritual leaders of the country hurry aboard their private jets enroute Abuja once the President sneezes. It should be recalled that the late President, Umaru Musa Yar'Adua before his illness brought him to the bier,had some of our men of God visit him;to purportedly make intercession over his ailing health. The Presiding Bishop of the Living Faith Church aka Winners Chapel in debunking allegations that he was at the President's beck and call,stated in an interview with the Punch's newspaper; that it would be wrong on his part as a loyal citizen of Nigeria to disregard the President when the latter invites him to Aso Rock. Even if the bishop wouldn't heed the august call from Aso Rock, I daresay that the President is so fond and cannot be counselled out of the habit of dashing from one church to another,irrespective of denomination and delivering politically crafted speeches.He was at the Abuja Branch of The Living Faith Church. Worshippers at the Adoration Ground in Oke,Anambra State weren't impressed when the APGA gubernatorial flagbearer,Willie Obiano,the party's chairman;Victor Umeh and the state governor,Peter Obi visited to woo them prior to the Anambra gubernatorial elections. Death would later reap thirty five unripe souls in that camp as they were trampled upon by agents of politicians.
It is in Nigeria that the religion of a political aspirant guages his level of acceptability by the masses.The electorate have been hoodwinked by our gangster-politicians;desirous of stoking the flame of religious sentimentality,so that they would vote for no other person save the one who practices their religion. To this effect, the President is free to practice his religion beyond the walls of the chapel at Aso Rock,and trasverse the nation as a "political pilgrim." Whomever is worthy,let him be called the President's daddy-in-the-Lord. The alleged romance of the leadership of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) and the ruling party comes to mind,with the main opposition party describing CAN as a political wing of the ruling party. It should be noted that politicians have for so long seduced the church of God for the cause of political patronage. Prayer camps across Nigeria have seen the attendance of looters of our commonwealth,election riggers,and economic and social slave-drivers. They are entitled to freedom of thought,conscience and religion as guaranteed under section 38 of the 1999 constitution. But they shouldn't be allowed to mount the podium and give speeches laced with;as a writer aptly described it,"hypocritical sermonization and political campaigning" save the official protocols of recognition. It is at the expense of the church becoming partisan. And agitators mustn't hold their peace.
Now the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God has to exercise the shrewdest of diplomacy in making his choice. The APC presidential aspirant has picked his running mate,Yemi Osinbajo,a professor of law,a Senior Advocate of Nigeria,a former Attorney General of Lagos State and a Pastor in R.C.C.G,and one begins to wonder who the General Overseer would vote. Would the good pastor forsake the ties of kinship between him and Pastor Osinbanjo in order not to offend the President who is like a spiritual son to him. It must be noted that the official twitter account of the R.C.C.G celebrated the selection its own with Adeboye's charismatic call: Let Somebody Shout Hallelujah! " Whoever favoured Osinbajo as running mate has made the APC formidable enough to give the PDP a good run for its money.It is an ingenious political calculation.As the euphoria dies down,the General Overseer should conceive the best way to approach the almighty in supplications. If only these politicians had been educated that the house of God isn't Eagle Square. The President might call;requesting for prayers for victory at the polls.He might even ask his daddy-in-the-Lord where his loyalty lies. There is a saying that there are no permanent friends in politics, only permanent interests. If Osinbajo's interest ought to be protected, let the redeemed of the Lord shout a resounding Hallelujah.