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Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The All Progressives Congress, APC, has taken a swipe at the Archbishop Emeritus of Abuja Catholic Archdiocese, John Cardinal Onaiyekan over his comment decrying the delay by the election tribunal to decide on the petition filed against the president-elect, Bola Tinubu.<\/p>\n

DAILY POST reports that the clergy, who was on Channels Television on Thursday morning, had said swearing in Tinubu before the tribunal delivers verdict on the petitions makes no sense.<\/p>\n

Reacting, a chieftain of the ruling APC and Minister of State for Labour, Festus Keyamo condemned the assertion of the clergy, saying the \u201cembarrassment to the Body of Christ is getting too much\u201d<\/p>\n

In a statement on his verified Twitter handle, the Minister said, \u201cDear daddy Onaiyekan, you know we all respect you a lot, but your political comments are becoming unstatesmanlike.<\/p>\n

\u201cA statesman who doubles as a Man of God should strive to be fair to all. You didn\u2019t say the same thing when Obasanjo, Yar\u2019Adua, Jonathan and Buhari were all sworn in as Presidents when their cases were still before the courts.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou have chosen to single out this President- Elect @officialABAT this time around because the candidate you and your other religious brethren openly supported lost the election and you all feel humiliated and embarrassed.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll issues raised against the victory of @officialABAT 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.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo 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?<\/p>\n

\u201cIt 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.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy 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.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe 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\u201d?<\/p>\n

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