{
  "id": 1482759,
  "title": "Politicians also use and dump pastors – Primate Ayodele",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/politicians-also-use-and-dump-pastors-primate-ayodele",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-17T13:02:50.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Punch Nigeria",
    "slug": "punch-nigeria",
    "url": "https://punchng.com/politicians-also-use-and-dump-pastors-primate-ayodele/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Primate Elijah Ayodele, the leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, has warned Nigerians against fighting or risking their lives for politicians, stating that political actors often use people and abandon them after elections. Ayodele cautioned Nigerians, particularly young people, not to allow politicians to manipulate them into violence during elections, emphasizing that politicians like Tinubu and Atiku are friends despite the rivalry amongst their supporters. He urged supporters not to fight over politicians who would eventually reconcile after elections and cautioned against allowing political differences to turn them against one another.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Daily Post Nigeria",
        "title": "2027: Nigerian politicians evil, don’t die for them – Primate Ayodele warns [VIDEO]",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/2027-nigerian-politicians-evil-dont-die-for-them-primate-ayodele",
        "published": "2026-08-17T13:04:52.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Punch",
        "title": "Politicians also use and dump pastors – Primate Ayodele",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/politicians-also-use-and-dump-pastors-primate-ayodele-1487457",
        "published": "2026-08-17T13:32:50.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}