The Anglican Communion Bishops in
Enugu state have opposed the
Catholic-Catholic Gubernatorial
ticket of the PDP in the state for
next year’s general election. Speaking to newsmen in Enugu under
the aegis of the Enugu Ecclesiastical
Province yesterday Dec. 17th, the
Anglican Bishops led by Archbishop
of the Enugu Ecclesiastical Province,
Most Rev Emmanuel Chukwuma demanded that the Enugu chapter of
the PDP, zone the governorship
running mate slot to one of its
members otherwise they stand the
chance of loosing the Anglican
Church’s votes in next year’s election. The Bishops said they welcomed the
party’s consensus gubernatorial
candidate, Hon Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi who
is a Catholic but are opposed to the
Catholic/Catholic governorship
ticket of the party.. “We the Anglican Bishops are crying
and appealing that Anglicans in
Enugu state will not tolerate
marginalisation and should be giving
the position of deputy governor of
the state. For the position of governor and deputy governor to be
Catholic/Catholic will not be
acceptable to us. In the Federal level,
people are not happy with Christian/
Christian ticket, hence the president
has taken a very good stand to return as President and pick a Moslem as his
running mate. Why should Enugu
State, therefore, nominate a Roman
Catholic governorship candidate who
we are not against and wanting again
to nominate a Roman Catholic as the running mate? We Anglicans say no to
this kind of arrangement. We are not
in minority in Enugu state and we
totally reject that intention and are
warning that if they want peace to
reign in this state and for them to enjoy our cooperation, it should not
be Roman Catholic/ Roman Catholic
ticket”the bishops said. The Bishops went further to say that “Former Governor of the State,
Chimaroke Nnamani who served from
1999 to 2007 is a Methodist. He
picked Okechukwu Itanyi, a Catholic
as his Deputy. Nnamani handed over
to Sullivan Chime who is Roman Catholic. Sullivan chose Sunday
Onyebuchi, a Methodist or so, not an
Anglican as Deputy. As they are going
out, all those who want to become
governor are Catholics and in the
PDP, they are plotting to make their running mate a Catholic. We are
saying give us an Anglican Deputy,
otherwise you are looking for our
trouble
Afikpochicktimes.com

Are this people really serious? I am really disappointed with the Anglican Rev fathers for making this statement. Religion has no place in politics. The church should not be invovle in politics

Raiders:
Are this people really serious? I am really disappointed with the Anglican Rev fathers for making this statement. Religion has no place in politics. The church should not be invovle in politics

through my research thats how it is done in Anambara too,

gentlezypher:
through my research thats how it is done in Anambara too,

I know. But It don't make it right. The church should not be invovled in politics

Only in Nigeria ooooooooo

Religion has destroyed us.

This religious patriarch are our number one problem in Nigerian politics, whipping up sentiments on divisive issues won't take us anywhere,