Geoffrey Enyinnaya Okorafor, the Anglican Bishop of Diocese of Egbu in Owerri North Local Government Area of Imo State, says President Muhammadu Buhari should ignore political sycophants and not run for a second term come 2019.

Okorafor said this in his address at the first session of the eighth synod of the Anglican church, which held at the Cathedral Church of all Saints Egbu.

He said that the people mounting pressure on Buhari to seek re-election do not mean well for him.

“My dear President, if you have ears hear this, these are your worst enemies and sycophants of the highest order. Do not listen to them,” The Guardian quoted Okorafor as saying.

“If I were you, Mr. President, I would pack all my bags and baggage from Aso Rock, if by God’s grace I pull through the hazards of governing this difficult and complex entity called Nigeria.

“To my mind, you have achieved your life ambition as military Head of State and a civilian President.”

Okorafor said Buhari’s administration has no regard for the opinion of ordinary Nigerians.

“Last year, we urged the President to do a house cleansing, beginning with his own house and office before engaging in the fight against corruption, but it fell on deaf ears,” he continued.

“That was expected because we have a government that has no regard for the opinion of the ordinary citizens.

“May we ask, what has happened to the looted funds that have been purportedly recovered? When will Nigerians be given the account? Are we sure they are not passing from one corrupt hand to another? We need an answer.”

Okorafor wondered why herdsmen still go about freely, some of them armed with rifles, but the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), whose members bore no arms, were declared a terrorist group and proscribed.

Dignitaries that attended the event include Benjamin Njemanze, immediate past Chief Judge of Imo State; Oliver Enwerem, a former representative of Ezinihitte Mbaise constituency in the Imo House of Assembly; and some government and top religious officials.