Peter Obi accuses Tinubu govt of ‘war against truth’, defends Catholic Bishops

The Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, statesmanlike candidate, Peter Obi, has criticised what helium described arsenic increasing attacks connected the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria, CBCN, and its members, informing that the state is becoming progressively intolerant of information and constructive criticism.

Obi made the remarks successful a connection shared connected his authoritative societal media leafage portion reacting to caller criticisms directed astatine the Catholic Church pursuing its comments connected Nigeria’s economical and information challenges.

According to the erstwhile Anambra State governor, the Catholic Church has consistently served arsenic the conscience of the federation alternatively than functioning arsenic an absorption group, noting that the CBCN has, implicit the years, commended governments erstwhile indispensable and spoken retired whenever nationalist involvement demanded it.

“The Catholic Church has ne'er functioned arsenic an absorption enactment successful Nigeria. Across subject regimes and successive antiauthoritarian administrations, the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeri...