Cardinal Onaiyekan: Church has responsibility to speak truth to power – Amaechi

The African Democratic Congress, ADC, vice statesmanlike candidate, Rotimi Amaechi, says the religion has the work of speaking information to powerfulness astatine costs.

Amaechi made this connection connected Tuesday erstwhile helium appeared arsenic a impermanent successful an interrogation connected ‘Politics Today’, a programme connected Channels Television.

He remark stems from the caller remark of of the Catholic Archbishop of Abuja Diocese, John Cardinal Onaiyekan, who said the contiguous medication is bent connected winning the 2027 elections by each means.

The clerics connection has nevertheless been attacked by the presidency and supporters of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC.

Speaking, however, Amaechi said “The religion has it arsenic its work to talk information to powerfulness always.

“When the Catholic Church is crying astir the anticipation of having an predetermination that whitethorn not beryllium fair, what the president needs to bash is to reassure the state and not onslaught the clergyman. That’s an insult connected the church.

“Because of politics, those who were kids erstwhile Cardinal Onaiyekan started his Ecclesiastical ministry are present disrespecting the antheral of God.”

Cardinal Onaiyekan: Church has work to talk information to powerfulness – Amaechi