The Pentecostal Bishops Forum of Northern Nigeria is not connected to the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN), according to the PFN.
The group’s clergymen met with Bola Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for president, on Friday in Abuja.
Nigerians have reacted differently to the fact that Kashim Shettima, his running mate, and Tinubu are both Muslims.
It has also been denounced by organisations like the PFN and the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN).
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There are no regional pentecostal bishops in the PFN, according to Pastor David Bakare, the organization’s deputy national secretary.
Bakare asserts that the PFN is a division of CAN and that the resistance to the Muslim-Muslim APC ticket has not changed.
He asserted that the Pentecostal Bishops Forum of Northern Nigeria and Tinubu’s meeting had nothing to do with the PFN.
“I am speaking to you officially and authoritatively that the ranks of the Christian community, and of course, the PFN which I represent is not broken at all.
“The Pentecostal Bishops Forum of Northern Nigeria is not known to the PFN. The forum does not have any affiliation or relationship with the PFN that is registered with the government of this nation.
“The position of the PFN on same faith ticket still stands as it was in the beginning and we have not, for any reason, shifted our position on that matter.
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“The PFN is not a part of the meeting with the presidential candidate that was highly politicised. We are however aware of the ripples in the public domain about this matter.
“I am speaking officially to clarify that the PFN has nothing to do with that organisation. We didn’t take such a decision, we have not met that political party and whatever we will do would be in the public domain.
“That group is on their own and has nothing to do with the real incorporated PFN. I looked at the photos (from the meeting) and the names. I could recognise about two people who are our members, but they speak for themselves.”
“As a matter of fact, the PFN does not have any settings for bishops. What we have is PFN, we do not separate bishops of pentecostal from other clergies of pentecostal,” he said.
“Individuals can form an association but when it comes to the body called PFN, there is no change in our position and we have not authorised anybody to hold a meeting.”
