Is it not hypocritical for those who rejected the leadership Catholic priest just because he came from a different state (even) though he's from d same tribe as them to be pointing d fingers of 'tribalism' at others?

Why do you guys like dishing out what u can't take yourself?
If d coin was flipped and d rivers ambassadorial nomination was given to ondo, will u applaud d move?

You are quick to see d faults in others whereas u are doing worse dn ur 'accusee'.
Its d same ppl dt will see corrupt politicians in Nigeria but kill all of them whilst sparing all of theirs alá 1966

Taaaaa dia!
Hypocrites!!!

Pope Francis has intervened in an ethnic crisis involving the Nigerian town of , Imo state , whose bishop, Peter Ebere Okpaleke, appointed by Benedict XVI in 2012, is unwanted by lay people and priests of the diocese. Though Okpaleke is an Igbo from Anambra State, the Catholic leaders in Ahiara rejected him because he is not an Igbo man from Mbaise.

The Vatican Insider said the pope received on Wednesday a delegation from the Diocese of Ahiara, accompanied by Archbishop of Abuja and apostolic administrator of Ahiara, Cardinal John O. Onaiyekan.

The delegation had previously met with Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, Fernando Filoni, and the superiors of the same dicastery, with whom the Church’s situation in Ahiara was widely examined.

Pope Francis spoke of the inadmissibility of the situation in Ahiara and reserved to take the appropriate measures.

He said he was entrusting the Diocese of Ahiara to the motherly care of Mary.”

It was Benedict XVI who appointed Monsignor Okpaleke in 2012, only to meet a storm of opposition by the leaders and congregation. He was not even allowed to hold mass in the church.

His predecessor, late Victor Adibe Chikwe, came from Mbaise and was accepted by the worshippers, because he was son of the soil.

Pope Francis appointed John O. Onaiyekan apostolic administrator since July 2013. But the crisis has lingered.

Since Okpaleke’s appointment in 2012, the priests and Catholic faithful from Mbaise had insisted they wanted a Bishop of Mbaise extraction.

Nonetheless, Okpaleke was ordained a Bishop on May 21, 2013 in Owerri, the mother Diocese to Ahiara Diocese.

NAN

Source; https://www.nationalhelm.co/2017/06/ahiara-church-crisis-pope-francis-meets-nigerian-archbishops.html

https://www.nairaland.com/3849864/pope-francis-intervenes-ahiara-imo

Even when a northerner 'dare had d guts' to contest for ordinary councillorship in Ebonyi state, we know d kind of invectives u ppl poured on him and his region as a whole:

https://www.nairaland.com/3682616/hausa-man-contests-councillor-ebonyi

.....yet u still have d hypocritical mouth to call others 'tribalists'?
Who is d father of tribalism in Nigeria pls if not d same ppl pointing accusing fingers at others!

Why is the op getting angry about the appointment?

She is Married to an Ondo man Which makes her eligible for the position.

helinues:
Why is the op getting angry about the appointment?

She is Married to an Ondo man Which makes her eligible for the position.

That's beside d point.
The issue is if the tables were turned will they applaud it?

Even ngozi okonjo-iweala suffered d same fate when she was nominated to rep hr husband's state during obj's regime, and d same hypocritical lots suddenly remembered she was from delta state.

richie240:

That's beside d point.
The issue is if the tables were turned will they applaud it?

So you are using unstable people as measure to this?

richie240:

That's beside d point.
The issue is if the tables were turned will they applaud it?

Even ngozi okonjo-iweala suffered d same fate when she was nominated to rep hr husband's state and d same lot suddenly remembered she was from another state.

Whatever issues Yoruba has with Igbos, it's your problem. The lady isn't Igbo but a Riverian. Yorubas have held positions in Rivers and life went on.

24SEVEN:



Whatever issues Yoruba has with Igbos, it's your problem. The lady isn't Igbo but a Riverian. Yorubas have held positions in Rivers and life went on.

Lolz.....keep playing d ostrich.
Events -past and contemporary- has shown how 'magnanimous' you (plr.) are!

The person that will reject a priest from his region just because he's not d 'son of d soil' is lecturing himself abt liberality.
Wonders shall never end!

24SEVEN:



Whatever issues Yoruba has with Igbos, it's your problem. The lady isn't Igbo but a Riverian. Yorubas have held positions in Rivers and life went on.

By marriage she is now from Ondo and not Rivers again

richie240:

Lolz.....keep playing d ostrich.
Events -past and contemporary- has shown how 'magnanimous' you (plr.) are!

She's one of you now, by marriage. All I'm concerned about is sending the wrong signals. Tho I know if she was from any Yoruba state, this issue wouldn't arise. Let the drama unfold.

The real hypocrisy is ongoing