Senior Pastor of the Household of God Church,
Ikeja, Lagos, Rev. Chris Okotie, has declared his
intention to contest the 2015 presidential
election.
The pop star turned cleric said he is ready to
give it another try, despite that fact he had
failed twice.
Okotie disclosed that he would contest for
Presidency under the Fresh Democratic Party, a
platform he founded but which was de-
registered by the Independent National Electoral
Commission, INEC, last year.
However, a court verdict in June, 2013
invalidated the action, ordering the electoral
umpire to maintain status quo.
"I will run in 2015, God willing. God spoke to
me about my participation in the political
process, which was why I took the step in the
first place. He has not said anything contrary."
However, when asked, pastor refused to speak
about the strategy saying,
"I don’t want to talk about our strategy for
now, we have learnt from our past experience,
we don’t want to talk about it for now."
It would be recalled that Okotie first contested
for President in 2003 under the Justice Party.
He lost to former President, Olusegun Obasanjo,
candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
In 2007 he gave it another try, and was
defeated by the late President, Umaru Yar’Adua,
also of the PDP.
Ikeja, Lagos, Rev. Chris Okotie, has declared his
intention to contest the 2015 presidential
election.
The pop star turned cleric said he is ready to
give it another try, despite that fact he had
failed twice.
Okotie disclosed that he would contest for
Presidency under the Fresh Democratic Party, a
platform he founded but which was de-
registered by the Independent National Electoral
Commission, INEC, last year.
However, a court verdict in June, 2013
invalidated the action, ordering the electoral
umpire to maintain status quo.
"I will run in 2015, God willing. God spoke to
me about my participation in the political
process, which was why I took the step in the
first place. He has not said anything contrary."
However, when asked, pastor refused to speak
about the strategy saying,
"I don’t want to talk about our strategy for
now, we have learnt from our past experience,
we don’t want to talk about it for now."
It would be recalled that Okotie first contested
for President in 2003 under the Justice Party.
He lost to former President, Olusegun Obasanjo,
candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
In 2007 he gave it another try, and was
defeated by the late President, Umaru Yar’Adua,
also of the PDP.
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