Onaiyekan refused to recognize Tinubu as President in 2023 – Bishop Adegbite

The Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Christian Pilgrims Commission, NCPC, Bishop Stephen Adegbite, has recalled that Catholic Cardinal John Onaiyekan said helium would not recognise Bola Tinubu arsenic President until the Supreme Court ruled connected the 2023 statesmanlike predetermination petitions.

Adegbite, a Methodist bishop, made the disclosure portion fielding questions connected TVC connected Thursday.

He was reacting to governmental prophecies up of the 2027 statesmanlike predetermination and urged Nigerians to measure governmental candidates based connected their show alternatively than predictions by spiritual leaders.

According to him, immoderate clerics who made predictions astir the result of the 2023 statesmanlike predetermination were proved wrong.

Adegbite said that pursuing Tinubu’s declaration arsenic victor of the 2023 statesmanlike election, Onaiyekan had declined to recognise him arsenic president pending the result of the ineligible challenges astatine the Supreme Court.

“In 2023, erstwhile President Tinubu was declared the winner, Cardinal Onaiyekan said helium would not recognise Mr President until the Supreme Court gave its verdict.

“But we said Nigerians had voted and we person a President, and until the determination is overturned by the Supreme Court, that’s erstwhile you tin speak. But for him to accidental we don’t person a president, we told him astatine that clip that we person a president,” helium said.

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