AWKA—AS the governorship election in Anambra State draws nearer, a non-governmental organisation, Anambra Youth Forward Movement Forum, has frowned at the dangerous religious politics going on in the state, advising priests of the various Christian denominations to desist from meddling in political matters.
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At a forum organised, weekend, the group regretted a situation where priests had formed the habit of standing on the pulpit to direct members of the congregation on who to vote for during elections.
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It noted that such a thing tended to mortgage the freedom of choice of their members.
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Coordinator of the group, Mr. Bonbry Obi Okoye,said the people must always emphasize issues that united them, rather that those that tended to divide them, arguing that it was only by so doing that the state could move forward.