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".
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