The Catholic Archdiocese of Onitsha has denied
the news making the rounds in some quarters that Archbishop
Valerian Okeke has endorsed a certain candidate for
Saturday's governorship election in Anambra state.
In a statement, Thursday by the Director for Communications,
Onitsha Archdiocese Rev. Fr. Pius Ukor, the church said it is
apolitical and does not support any particular candidate,
adding, "it is one of our duties as the church not to meddle
into the affairs of the political class, because the church is for
all and does not discriminate against any person or groups".
The Archdiocese stated that Reverend Fathers in the entire
clergy in the Onitsha Archdiocese are not partisan and if
anybody is saying or supporting a particular candidate, is
doing that on his own personal capacity and not the stand of
the entire priests.
"The Archbishop has warned all the priests to remain focused
and distance themselves from partisan politics but if anybody
is doing it, I don't know of it and the Archbishop is not
aware", said Ukor.
It will be recalled that Chairman of Christian Association of
Nigeria (CAN) in the South East, Bishop Emmanuel
Chukwuma had at the wake of Uke Adoration tragedy, where
28 people died, banned political campaigns in all churches in
the zone.
Bishop Chukwuma said CAN was compelled to place the ban
because of the commotion and tragedies it was causing in the
churches, particularly in the Anambra election.
Via: Vanguard
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