‘All is fair in politics’ certainly not correct – Cardinal Onaiyekan fires back at Tinubu

Archbishop Emeritus of the Catholic Archdiocese of Abuja, John Cardinal Onaiyekan, has criticised president Bola Tinubu implicit his ‘all is just successful politics’ comment.

Featuring successful an interrogation connected Arise Television’s ‘Prime Time’ connected Friday, Cardinal Onaiyekan said the president’s remark is incorrect.

DAILY POST recalls that the president made the remark erstwhile the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria, CBCN, paid him a courtesy sojourn astatine the Presidential Villa successful Abuja.

“All is just successful politics, and determination are adjacent opportunities. INEC is neutral, they person ne'er intimidated anybody. If governmental opponents are crying wolf, possibly they are acrophobic of their ain shadows,” Tinubu had said

But the Catholic Bishop differed saying, “The presumption of Mr President came precise intelligibly successful that connection that helium made: ‘In politics, each is fair.’ Is that true? If that is what authorities is—that successful authorities everything tin beryllium done provided you triumph elections. That is surely not correct. There is propriety successful everything. That is wherefore we are disquieted astir it.

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