By Umar Audu
Reactions have trailed the attendance of some bishops at the unveiling of the vice presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Kashim Shettima, in Abuja on Wednesday.
Recall that members of the Christian community, including the Christian Association of Nigeria, and Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria had condemned the Muslim-Muslim ticket of the ruling APC.
The clergymen and women appeared in clerical garments on the occasion.
Reacting to the incident while speaking with The Punch on Wednesday in Abuja, the vice president of CAN and its chairman in Kaduna State, Rev. Joseph Hayab, described the self-acclaimed ‘Men of God’ as Nollywood actors.
He said: “The people we saw at the unveiling of Shettima paraded as Bishops are people who did not have enough time to learn how to wear Bishop garments. Take a closer look at their photo and you will see another Nollywood movie.
“CAN wonders why the desperation. First, a story was out claiming to have come from the Chairman of CAN Borno state only to be refuted.
“Secondly, there was another lie that BAT (Bola Ahmed Tinubu) and his running mate were on their way to meet CAN president one night.
“A meeting that was not true and was on a night that the CAN President was in Alabama USA attending the Baptist World Alliance Conference of which he is the vice president.
“Another desperation story was that they met Papa Adeboye which the RCCG later refuted. If Christians are not important why the desperation?
“BAT is free to hire mechanics and other artisans and sew clerical garments for them. An effort that will only add to their many ropes when the political exercise is over but will not change the need for fairness and justice that CAN is calling for.
“CAN appreciates that we are in a democracy, no need to do funny and dubious things just to prove a point because it will in the end bounce back. BAT team should simply do what is right and stop the drama.”
