A flamboyant cleric, Rev Chris Okotie, accused the frontline presidential candidates in the 2023 general elections of making promises they cannot fulfill to the electotrate.
Okotie spoke on Friday, during a radio programme in Lagos, noting that most of the campaign promises would be unachievable going by the inconsistencies contained in the current constitution.
He said: “All the major presidential flag bearers are talking about modality – how they would do what – none is addressing conditionality, that is, the constitution, true federalism, resource control, as the primary solution to the Nigerian quandary.”
“Nigeria’s governmental incapacity is not modalities (about requisite knowledge and procedure), but conditionalities (inherent conditional obstructions).
Okotie supported his position with the analogy of a pilot who would not fly his aircraft in bad weather, as doing so would be suicidal.
The Reverend continued by saying that it would be futile to try to base any political pledges on the current broken constitution.
He concluded that the only way out is to adopt his particular brand of restructuring, which is based on Aboriginal Democracy, and would result in a constitution that satisfies the needs of the people.