The All Progressives Congress, APC, has taken a swipe at the
Archbishop Emeritus of Abuja Catholic Archdiocese, John Cardinal Onaiyekan over
his comment decrying the delay by the election tribunal to decide on the
petition filed against the president-elect, Bola Tinubu.
The clergy, who was on Channels Television on Thursday
morning, had said swearing in Tinubu before the tribunal delivers verdict on
the petitions makes no sense.
Reacting, a chieftain of the ruling APC and Minister of
State for Labour, Festus Keyamo condemned the assertion of the clergy, saying
the “embarrassment to the Body of Christ is getting too much”
In a statement on his verified Twitter handle, the Minister
said, “Dear daddy Onaiyekan, you know we all respect you a lot, but your
political comments are becoming unstatesmanlike.
“A statesman who doubles as a Man of God should strive to be
fair to all. You didn’t say the same thing when Obasanjo, Yar’Adua, Jonathan
and Buhari were all sworn in as Presidents when their cases were still before
the courts.
“You have chosen to single out this President- Elect
@officialABAT this time around because the candidate you and your other
religious brethren openly supported lost the election and you all feel
humiliated and embarrassed.
“All issues raised against the victory of @officialABAT in
court now (whether it is 25% votes in FCT or the fake drug issue, etc), are not
different from issues raised against previous Presidents-elect because
basically the complaints have always been that the declared victor did not win
the election fair and square or was not qualified to contest the election.
“No disqualifying issue against a candidate can be greater
than other disqualifying issues since a single issue can decide a case against
a President-elect. So, why all the fuse now?
“It has always been our electoral template since 1999 for
the declared winners to be sworn into office in order TO AVOID A VACUUM and not
to foist an unconstitutional contraption on the system whilst the cases are in
court.
“My dear daddy, may I respectfully advise that going
forward, you and your brethren may consider stepping back from the deep and
murky waters of politics and desist from descending into the arena of political
conflicts where your children in your congregations find themselves on
different sides of political divides, so it would be unfair to them for you to
openly take sides.
“The embarrassment to the Body of Christ is getting too much and no politician is worth dragging this dignified body into unnecessary political controversy. Is this too much to ask, daddy”?
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