Wike Accuses Cardinal Onaiyekan of 2027 Election Bias
Nyesom Wike, the Federal Capital Territory Minister, alleged that Cardinal John Onaiyekan, the Archbishop Emeritus of the Catholic Diocese of Abuja, is clearly supporting one of the candidates for the 2027 presidential elections. During a media chat with selected journalists in Abuja on Tuesday, Wike stated that Onaiyekan's position is not hidden and that "everybody knows" who he supports.
He remarked that religious leaders, including Onaiyekan, took sides in the 2023 general elections and are repeating this behavior for the upcoming polls. Wike's comments were in response to the controversy surrounding Onaiyekan's disclosure of discussions from a recent closed-door meeting with President Bola Tinubu and the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN).
Wike expressed concern that when a religious leader is perceived to take a side, it undermines the credibility of their comments regarding the nation's state.
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