The Abia North Senator, Orji Uzor Kalu, on Wednesday declared that President Bola Tinubu is not an enemy of the Catholic church.
This was as he said what politicians can’t tell Tinubu, the Catholic church would him.
He spoke while appearing on Channels Television’s Politics Today, in response to the controversy following the meeting between Tinubu and the Catholic Bishop Conference of Nigeria.
Following the meeting, the African Democratic Congress, ADC, presidential running mate, Rotimi Amaechi, had said Tinubu insulted the Catholic bishops.
However, Kalu said: “Kalu said Tinubu did not insult the Catholic church, stressing has a good relationship with the
“This is not the first time that the Catholic church is going to President Tinubu, in every country, in every country from DRC to Angola, to South Africa, and anywhere, the Catholic church and other churches are always the conscience of the country.
“I do not see anything wrong in what the Catholic bishops said those discussions were made by Archbishop Danagoro of Kaduna State, the current president of the Catholic Bishop Conference and not even Onaiyekan.
“Since the military rule, the Catholic Bishops Conference hold its conference every year where they talk and issue a statement about the state of the nation.
“For me, Tinubu is not an enemy to the Catholic bishops, he’s one of their best friends and I don’t feel insulted, Tinubu in no means insulted the Catholic bishops, I didn’t see it
“President Tinubu has a very good relationship with the Catholic Church. Anytime they have asked for an audience, he has given it to them because any president dodging Catholic bishops is dodging himself, because what politicians cannot tell the president, the Catholic bishops will say it.”
Tinubu not enemy of Catholic church, he didn’t insult them – Orji Kalu