The spokesperson to the All Progressives Congress campaign Organization and Minister of State Labour, Employment, and Productivity, Festus Keyamo, has taken to his verified Twitter page to react as former Catholic Archbishop of Abuja, John Onaiyekan says swearing in of the president-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu before tribunal delivers verdict makes no sense.
It was reported that the former Catholic archbishop of Abuja, John Onaiyekan says “it doesn’t make much sense” for President-elect Bola Tinubu to be sworn in before the conclusion of the election tribunal.
While reacting to this report, Festus Keyamo took to his microblogging, Twitter page, some minutes ago, to say as a man of God, Onaiyekan should be fair for all.
According to Keyamo, he made it known that Onaiyekan did not say the same thing when Obasanjo, Yar’Adua, Jonathan, and Buhari were all sworn in as Presidents when their cases were still before the courts, but he decided to single out Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
However, Keyamo said all the issues against the victory of Tinubu in court now were not different from issues raised against previous Presidents-elect.
In his tweet, he wrote below :
"Dear daddy Onaiyekan, you know we all respect you a lot, but your political comments are becoming unstatesmanlike.
"A statesman who doubles as a Man of God should strive to be fair to all. You didn’t say the same thing when Obasanjo, Yar’Adua, Jonathan, and Buhari were all sworn in as Presidents when their cases were still before the courts.
"You have chosen to single out this President-Elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu this time around because the candidate you and your other religious brethren openly supported lost the election and you all feel humiliated and embarrassed. All issues raised against the victory of Tinubu in court now (whether it is 25% votes in FCT or the fake drug issue, etc), are not different from issues raised against previous Presidents-elect because basically the complaints have always been that the declared victor did not win the election fair and square or was not qualified to contest the election. No disqualifying issue against a candidate can be greater than other disqualifying issues since a single issue can decide a case against a President-elect.
"So, why all the fuse now? It has always been our electoral template since 1999 for the declared winners to be sworn into office in order TO AVOID A VACUUM and not to foist an unconstitutional contraption on the system whilst the cases are in court.
"My dear daddy, may I respectfully advise that going forward, you and your brethren may consider stepping back from the deep and murky waters of politics and desist from descending into the arena of political conflicts where your children in your congregations find themselves on different sides of political divides, so it would be unfair to them for you to openly take sides. The embarrassment to the Body of Christ is getting too much and no politician is worth dragging this dignified body into unnecessary political controversy. Is this too much to ask, daddy?"
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