ANANBRA
ELECTION: CATHOLIC PRIEST CONDEMNS IPOB
The Parish Priest of Blessed Iwene
Tansi, Umudioka, Dunukofia Local Government Area of Anambra, Rev. Fr. Emmanuel Obidimma has
condemned IPOB’s no-election campaign in Anambra State. He advised them to
ensure there was no breech of peace in whatever they do, adding that they
should stop the call for disintegration of the country. The priest, who had a
closed door meeting with Kanu, told newsmen that he had fruitful discussion
with Kanu on issues of general concern and the way forward.
He warned Kanu on the campaign to
boycott Nov. 18 Anambra governorship election. “For me, it will be more problematic
to say that there won’t be any election in Anambra, it is like somebody firing
gun on his toes. “Christ came into the world and reincarnated the message of
peace and that was why I advised Kanu to uphold peace following the tensions
everywhere in the country. Let love lead all that we do. “I advised him to do
anything within his power to instill peace, even in their agitation, let there
be prudence,” he said.
The priest also said that “Igbo people are
clamouring for Biafra but an average Igbo man is selfish in nature, asking
whether Ndigbo are matured enough to handle “our affairs.” After the meeting
with the IPOB leaders, the Priest called on Kanu and his supporters, to work
for peace.
The cleric expressed support for the
restructuring of Nigeria, and criticised the inequity in distribution of the
nation’s wealth at the detriment of some sections of the country. “In our
country Nigeria, it is certain that there is marginalisation, nepotism, and
tribalism. We are one Nigeria but some people are being marginalised and that
is why we have all these agitations but in everything, let there be prudence as
we also pray for divine intervention.”
ANANBRA ELECTION: CATHOLIC PRIEST CONDEMNS IPOB
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