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<\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\nThe Islamic Human right group known as Muslin Rights Concern (MURIC) has lambasted the Archbishop of the Catholic Archdiocese, Abuja, Cardinal John Onaiyekan for his critical comments against the victory of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the just concluded February 25, 2023 presidential and National Assembly election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Recall the Archbishop of the Catholic Archdiocese, Abuja, Cardinal John Onaiyekan, has described the victory of President-Elect, Ahmed Bola Tinubu, as \u2018discredited\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Meanwhile, aIslamic human rights group, the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) while reacting to the comment of the Archbishop, described the cardinal\u2019s outburst as jaundiced and disappointing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
MURIC\u2019s reaction came through a statement circulated to the media on Thursday, 9th March, 2023 by the Executive Director of the organization, Professor Ishaq Akintola.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The statement reads: \u201cThe Archbishop of the Catholic Archdiocese, Abuja, Cardinal John Onaiyekan, has described the victory of President-Elect, Ahmed Bola Tinubu, as \u2018discredited\u2019. Onaiyekan was quoted as saying, \u2018I love peace but will never endorse Tinubu\u2019s discredited victory to pacify Nigerians\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe are miffed by Cardinal Onaiyekan\u2019s outburst. It is jaundiced and disappointing. It is integrity-bruising. He had hitherto occupied a lofty position of veneration in Muslim circles. He was believed to be the epitome of moderation and the embodiment of tolerance and fairness. His figure towered above gymnastic religiousity. But he has now disappointed his Muslim admirers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to the source, “America, Britain, China, India, African countries and others have congratulated the winner but Onaiyekan still considers the victory \u2018discredited\u2019. It is astonishing that a man whom the Muslims used to consider as the only objective Christian leader who is far from the tramadolised crowd has let them down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOnaiyekan should have advised opposition candidates among the winners of Senate and House of Representatives elections who trooped out to collect their return certificates on Tuesday and Wednesday to boycott the event. Or is it Tinubu\u2019s victory alone that was \u2018discredited\u2019?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cLeaders must choose their words very carefully. Whoever wants to be judgemental must not be selective. Those who come to equity must come with clean hands. How can the election be \u2018discredited\u2019 for Tinubu as a winner but \u2018credible\u2019 for winners among members of the opposition?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cBetter still, the Cardinal should have told the opposition, particularly his anointed candidate, to boycott the election ab initio. Cardinal Onaiyekan is crying over spilt milk. It is useless locking the gate after the horse has bolted. All the political parties that participated in the election are already involved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe do not expect a leader of Onaiyekan\u2019s status to manifest bitterness while licking his wounds. Nigerians understand what happened. Without conducting a census based on creed, the cardinal had shared the delusional belief that Christians outnumber Muslims in Nigeria. Of course he learned the hard way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt was on that basis that he encouraged the brazen confrontation of the Muslim-Muslim ticket (https:\/\/tribuneonlineng.com\/i-will-never-vote-for-tinubu-apc-for-flying-muslim-muslim-ticket-says-onaiyekan\/). There is bound to be shock and aftershock after a political tsunami.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt is our considered opinion that Cardinal Onaiyekan\u2019s statement is designed to massage the ego of Christian leaders with all their false soothsayers. Instead of dissipating his energy on denying the reality, we actually expected Onaiyekan to identify and assemble those who misled Nigerian Christians with their false predictions and ridiculous prognostications for some home truths.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cApart from those who foresaw victory for opposition figures, a pastor told Nigerians that there would be no election at all in 2023. He said it was God who told him. We know his name. We have the evidence. We kept quiet at the time because we knew that he was only discrediting himself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt was these false prophesies that filled many Nigerian Christians (not all) with false hope which eventually led to frustration. These are the people Onaiyekan should be tutoring at this stage. He should be speaking against Christian entitlement mentality in Nigeria. He should invite those who gave false predictions for counselling on how not to lie against God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cJeremiah 14:14 said, \u2018The prophets prophesy lies in My name. I have not sent them, commanded them, nor spoken to them; they prophesy to you a false vision, divination, a worthless thing, and the deceit of their heart.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThis is from the same Bible to which all Nigerians have access. Why are our prophesy-addicted pastors determined to challenge what God says in the Bible and why have Christian leaders like Cardinal Onaiyekan refused to call them to order? We did not expect the much respected cardinal to tow the path of those suffering from intellectual poverty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMURIC appreciates many other Christians who are not swayed by emotions and false predictions. They are pragmatists and they know what actually happened. The Christian candidate was only acceptable in the South East, South South and some parts of North Central.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cBesides, challenging the North over the majority status question was a fatal mistake. Junketing from one church to another while ignoring the mosque was politically naive. But the electoral suicidal statement was asking the church to \u2018take back your country\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe are surprised that Onaiyekan left pastors who are misleading Nigerians with false predictions and started blaming the Muslim candidate whose Imams never prophesy. Or has Onaiyekan ever seen or heard of an Islamic scholar prophesying? He is idolizing fiction and demonising reality. Who did this to Nigeria?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cInstead of acknowledging Tinubu\u2019s superior political strategy as exhibited in his choice of a Muslim-Muslim ticket and instead of putting his house in order and de-escalating tension, Onaiyekan ignored the spiritual decay in Christendom to demarket a well-deserved victory won by Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. We are constrained to ask, et tu Onaiyekan?\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
By Ambrose Obioma Okehi (News Emperor) The Islamic Human right group known as Muslin Rights Concern (MURIC) has lambasted the Archbishop of the Catholic Archdiocese, Abuja, Cardinal John Onaiyekan for his critical comments against the victory of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the just concluded February 25, 2023 presidential and National Assembly election. Recall the Archbishop […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-486","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsemperormagazines.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/486","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsemperormagazines.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsemperormagazines.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsemperormagazines.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsemperormagazines.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=486"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsemperormagazines.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/486\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":489,"href":"https:\/\/newsemperormagazines.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/486\/revisions\/489"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsemperormagazines.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsemperormagazines.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsemperormagazines.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}