Nigeria: Alleged Blasphemy - Baptist Church May Sanction Obasanjo, Says NBC Scribe

10 May 2010

The Baptist Church in Nigeria may investigate former President Olusegun Obasanjo over the derogatory remarks allegedly made by the former president that Christian clerics in the country needed deliverance.

Some Christian leaders had criticised Obasanjo for saying that even Jesus Christ could hardly conduct a free and fair election in Nigeria, and concluded that he needed deliverance, but the former president fired back, saying it was the religious leaders who needed deliverance.

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