CATHOLIC PRIESTS NOT LIKE ‘FAKE BISHOPS’, ATIKU BLASTS PRESIDENCY’S ATTACK ON ONAIYEKAN. (PHOTO)

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Catholic Priests Not Like ‘Fake Bishops’, Atiku Blasts Presidency’s Attack On Onaiyekan Presidential Candidate of the African Democratic Congress ADC, Atiku Abubakar, has condemned the Presidency’s attack on the Catholic Church and John Cardinal Onaiyekan, accusing the President Bola Tinubu administration of growing intolerant of dissent and uncomfortable truths. In a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Public Communication, Phrank Shaibu on Sunday, Atiku said the Presidency chose intimidation and political attacks instead of reflecting on the substance of the cleric’s message. Catholic bishops had recently had an engagement with the president, where the latter defended his record and the independence of the electoral umpire. However, the cardinal in a television interview on Friday said the Catholic bishops told the president that the country is bleeding and the economy is not helping poor citizens. According to him, Tinubu and his officials present at the meeting were “not l...

CHRISTIANS KILLING CHRISTIANS IN SOUTH-EAST — IT’S NOT ABOUT RELIGION, SAYS SOLUDO ON GENOCIDE CLAIMS. (PHOTO).


 Christians killing Christians in south-east — it’s not about religion, says Soludo on genocide claims


Charles Soludo, governor of Anambra, says Christians are killing one another in the south-east, noting that the violence in the region has nothing to do with religion.


Soludo was reacting to US President Donald Trump’s threat to “protect Christians in Nigeria” by attacking the country and “completely wiping out the Islamic terrorists”.


During a media chat on Sunday, the Anambra governor acknowledged that the US has the right to its own views.


“But when it comes to what it does, I am sure it must also act within the realm of its own international law,” Soludo said.


“There is a deeper conversation, our introspection about what goes on in the country. In this part of the world, eastern Nigeria, it is not religious.


“People are killing themselves, Christians killing Christians. The people in the bushes are Emmanuel, Peter, and John, all Christian names, and they have maimed and killed thousands of our youths. It has nothing to do with religion.

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  1. Soludo, Trump is talking about the Jihad in Nigeria and you are busy talking about killings in the South East.

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