“You have to be fully prepared for the second coming of our Lord, there is no compromise.” Obansanjo, who served as president between 1999 to 2007 said at the 2017 Camp Meeting Concert by Apostolic Faith Church Choir and Orchestral at the Camp Ground Igbesa in Ogun State.
“I have a friend who will always say that when we get to heaven that we will be exhausted praising God and it will be like a prison and will be very boring.” He added, according to News Agency of Nigeria.
“Jesus Christ came to the world to show us the way to salvation and eternal life. We have a good heritage and we have everything to be proud of.” He said.
“We have a lot of things wrong with this country if all Nigerians are sincere,” the former president said, according to The Whistler.
“Nigeria can be fixed by God but we have to invite Him into our lives. What we have to do about this country is in our hands. God’s grace abounds when we do not abuse it.” He stressed.
The Christian Post has in relation to this report said Nigeria has in recent years been caught in economic turmoil, and has been enganged in a war against the Boko Haram terrorist group, which has been killing both Christians and Muslims alike.
“Although the government has said that the Islamic extremist group has been pushed back over the past year, in June the group’s leader, Abubakar Shekau, reemerged to declare that there is no room for Christians to live with Muslims in the country as equals.” The website says.
Now 80, Obasanjo was a career soldier before serving twice as his nation’s head of state. He served as a military ruler from 13 February 1976 to 1 October 1979, and as a democratically elected president from 29 May 1999 to 29 May 2007.
From July 2004 to January 2006, Obasanjo also served as Chairperson of the African Union and has on several occasions served as an electoral observer in several countries including Uganda.
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