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2023 Election: ”You chose to single out Tinubu because your candidate lost – Keyamo to Onaiyekan

The Minister of Labour and Productivity, Festus Keyamo, has reacted to the recent comment made by Bishop Emeritus of the Archdiocese of Abuja, Cardinal John Onaiyekan.

 

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CN had reported earlier that while speaking in an interview with Channels TV this morning, Onaiyekan said it does not make sense to swear people into office when their electoral victories are being challenged in court. He said this while reacting to the outcome of the 2023 presidential election and the declaration of Bola Tinubu as the winner of the election.

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Keyamo who was a spokesperson of the Bola Tinubu Presidential campaign council felt Onaiyekan’s comment was unstatesmanlike.

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He wrote;

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‘’Dear daddy Onaiyekan, you know we all respect you a lot, but your political comments are becoming unstatesmanlike.

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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.

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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 whist the cases are in court.

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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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Culled from LIB.

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Oluchi Nzekwe

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