The founder of the Household of God Church, Chris Okotie, has reacted to the election of the newly elected national executive of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN), led by Wale Oke.

In a message to the PFN National Secretariat in Lagos on Thursday, Mr Okotie said the Christian body “has departed from its core values and is now a shadow of itself.”

This was contained in a statement issued by his media adviser, Ladi Ayodeji, which also observed that the ”PFN has become a clannish religious enterprise.”

“It is akin to an amorphous political entity with a Christian silhouette.

“Leadership in the church of God is by divine appointment and not the whims and caprices of a disjointed assemblage of Episcopalian pacifists.”

The statement noted that Mr Okotie has, for years, been critical of the activities of the successive Presidents of the PFN over alleged compromise and unethical behaviour bordering on betrayal of the Christian cause, especially in their dealings with the political leadership of the country.

As a result, the statement added, Mr Okotie, a former presidential aspirant, “had always distanced himself from the activities of the Christian body, citing credibility issues”.

Bishop Wale Oke of the Sword of the Spirit Ministries was elected Tuesday night as the seventh National President of the PFN for a four-year term.

He was unanimously elected by the National Advisory Council (NAC) of PFN at its meeting in Enugu.

Mr Oke, also the Proprietor, Cornerstone University (PCU), Ibadan, Oyo State, succeeded Felix Omobude of the New Covenant Gospel Church.

He was the immediate National Deputy President of the PFN.