Don’t be carried away by rallies, Okotie warns

Interim Government campaigner, Rev Chris Okotie, has warned Nigerians not to get carried away by the crowds they see at political rallies.

In his latest bulletin released from his media office in Lagos by his media adviser, Ladi Ayodeji, Okotie said the presence of the mixed multitude at campaign rallies was no indication that a presidential candidate enjoys the support of the people.

Rev Okotie, who is promoting his Aboriginal Democracy agenda as an alternative to the current system of government, said crowd-renting was mainly responsible “for the crowd we see at rallies, which is why we sometimes find same people at different rallies”.

He explained that some people attended these rallies purely out of curiosity or to catch a glimpse of the political leaders or to be part of the action.

Speaking further on the 2023 election in an interview with Kaftan TV’s Funmilayo Osho -Kumolu on the programme, Daybreak Africa, State of the Nation, the Reverend argued that Aboriginal Democracy was the only concept that could produce the change Nigeria needs not an election as being pursued.

Okotie said: “’Nigeria’s second attempt at democracy has failed us as a nation”, insisting that an interim government is required to fashion a new, effective constitution that would be acceptable to all the federating units before a realistic election could be conducted.

“The present Constitution is a unitary one and is inconsistent with our cultural realities being a product of retrogressive elements”, he added.

Okotie concluded that those who are opposed to restructuring are benefitting from the current system of recycled leadership, which has produced the present economic stagnation.

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