PDP To Rev. Amah: Let God’s Altar Resound Only with Divine Messages

Our Reporter, Umuahia

The chairman of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Abia state chapter, Elder Abraham Amah on Monday urged his elder brother, esteemed cleric, and revered teacher, Rev. J.k Amah to shun showering praises to the state governor, Alex Otti.

The chairman of the party, Elder Abraham Amah made this known in an open letter to Rev. J.K Amah tittled: “AN OPEN LETTER TO MY BROTHER, REV. DR. J.K. AMAH” and made available to newsmen in Umuahia, Abia state capital.

The letter reads in part: “I write you this letter not out of offense, nor out of rivalry, but from the depth of conviction and the sacred burden of truth. I write as your younger brother by blood, and as your fellow laborer in the vineyard of leadership. 

“Most importantly, I write as a servant of the people entrusted with the mandate to speak not just for today’s politics, but for tomorrow’s posterity.

“The recent publication of your open letter showering praises upon His Excellency, Governor Alex Otti, did not go unnoticed. But more significantly, what preceded that letter has stirred deeper concern—a sponsored two-way air ticket from Lagos, a private meeting in Umuahia, and the reception of a brown envelope which, though sealed, has loudly unsealed questions of motive, timing, and credibility.

“My dear brother, what is at stake here is not your right to pray for leaders, which is noble and scriptural (1 Timothy 2:1–2), but the appearance of compromise that now taints what should have been a solemn priestly invocation. For in your noble call as a shepherd, perception matters as much as purpose. 

“When praise follows privilege, the public sees not prophecy, but payment. The troubling part is not even the visit itself, but that your open letter to the Governor deliberately omitted the context of that meeting — creating the illusion of unsolicited commendation when in fact, the groundwork had been carefully staged. 

“This omission casts a shadow over your otherwise weighty words and risks painting your altar as a rostrum of public relations, not of divine counsel. Let me be clear: it is righteous to encourage our leaders when they do well. But our prayers must never be purchasable, nor our altars up for hire. 

“When the sacredness of the pulpit is entangled with political optics and patronage, the Church becomes a tool, not a voice — and we become the priests of Ahiyotep, mouthing the praises of Pharaoh for gold and grain.

“Brother, you are too large a figure to be reduced to the charge-and-bail cleric of the Otti administration. You are too seasoned, too anointed, and too widely respected to become a courier of image-laundering theology. 

“We cannot, must not, allow our lips to be littered by the very power structures we are called to intercede for. Let our intercessions be pure, and let our incense be untainted.

“In times past, prophets were feared by kings because they bore no price tag. Nathan did not flatter David; he rebuked him. Elijah did not sit in Ahab’s palace; he confronted his altars. Even the Lord Jesus Himself refused to be made king by popular demand, choosing instead to cleanse temples, not curry favor with governors. Where, then, have we misplaced our prophetic distance?

“My brother, you still have time to retrace your steps. To clarify. To cleanse. To reestablish your voice—not as one bought, but as one sent. Silence, in the face of this unfolding narrative, will not protect your legacy. But humility will redeem it, and honesty will preserve the mantle God has placed upon you.

“This letter is not written with anger but with the pain of someone who has looked up to you. And if I speak firmly, it is because truth, when spoken in love, is the highest form of loyalty. I pray you receive these words not as a public rebuke, but as a private burden spoken aloud, because your actions were no longer private.

“I remain your brother in blood, but more urgently, your brother in responsibility to the truth. The people are watching. Heaven is listening. And the altar is calling for cleansing” the letter butressed.