Kumuyi cautions journalist against misrepresentation of facts

The General Superintendent of Deeper Life Ministry, Pastor William Kumuyi, has cautioned media organizations across the country against misrepresentation or wrong interpretation of facts.

This was contained in a press statement signed by the church and made available to newsmen in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital Monday.

According to the statement, the man of God’s interaction with newsmen after his courtesy visit to the Kwara state governor was just mere advice to political parties to be cautious while discussing the burning issue of Muslim-Muslim tickets, by taking the interest of Nigerians into consideration.

During the chat, Pastor Kumuyi appealed to all parties to take interest of Nigerians into consideration while making their choices in representing the people, adding that:

“Deeper Christian Life Ministry is aware of a news story on Muslim-Muslim ticket making the rounds and attributed to the General Superintendent of the church, Pastor William Kumuyi. For the sake of the public and the need to clear the misrepresentation, the story may have caused, the church considers it important to make clarifications.

“On Wednesday, June 22, at Ilorin, Pastor Kumuy had paid a courtesy call on Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq of Kwara State after which he had a chat with newsmen.

“The Muslim-Muslim or Christian-Christian ticket is a difficult and slippery area. So, what I will say is that the political office holders should look at the heartbeat of the country as well as the desires of the people.

“Politicians should know that they are not there for themselves. They are there for all of us. They should ask and make their researches about what the country wants.”

The pastor’s statement was not a political commentary aimed at attacking any personality in the country as wrongly portrayed and misrepresented by a section of the media.

“His admonition on the subject matter underscores his sincere concern for a better Nigeria and prayer for God’s guidance on the leadership of this country.

“We, therefore, urge members of the public to be wary of such misrepresentation”.

The Church, therefore, concluded that “As usual, Pastor Kumuyi calls on Nigerians to continue praying for the country and the manifestation of God’s will in Nigeria”.