The Presiding Archbishop of New Covenant of God Mission Akabuokwu, Uruagu, Nnewi, Anambra State, and President of Masterseed College of Bishops and Ministers Network, Archbishop Emma David Okafoagu has berated those calling for the heads of the Clergymen that attended the unveiling of the Vice Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress ( APC) Kashim Shetima in Abuja.
In an exclusive interview with this Medium, the respected man of God asked: ” Who are the genuine Bishop and who are the fake ones? Has any Catholic or Anglican Bishop ever believed that there is any other Bishop in the world, in Nigeria or in Anambra State apart from them?
Do the Catholics believe that there is even any other Pastor or Reverend in the world? It is when they believe that there are other Bishops and Reverends that we can talk about fake Bishops or no fake Bishops. If you are not accommodated and you see where you are accommodated, can’t you go there? Who are the people calling them fake? What parameters did they use in measuring their fakeness.This is what the Media should go and find out.
Are they the ones calling themselves fake? Or is it the people that have already termed them fake even before they went to Abuja? If the people who have already termed them fake before going to Abuja are the same people now calling them fake,then why are you surprised? Have the people calling them fake Bishops made any attempt to bring them together.
Look at the Christian Association of Nigeria ( CAN) for instance, if they conduct election and the person that won is not a Catholic or Anglican, they pull out and when they pull out,they call others fake. To you,they may be fake, but to their congregations, they are not.” On the recent demolition of Prophet Odumeje’s Church and that of a Catholic Church in Onitsha, he replied: “In as much as I am in sympathy with Prophet Odumeje for the demolition of his Church, I still salute the courage of the State Government for the steps taken to sanitize Anambra State which was previously called: “Home for All.”
How can we continue to be home for all? Some of the things that are happening in Anambra State cannot happen in some other South East States. Those people, who things like that cannot happen in their States, come here ( Anambra) and begin to block the roads, build on top of gutters and drainages, disturbing motorists and cyclist. They build without Building Plan and Approval. Things they can’t do in their own States.
So, in as much as I sympathise with the Churches, whether Catholic or Odumeje’s Church, I still encourage and pray for the Government to sanitize Anambra State. If sanitizing Anambra State especially Onitsha is what the Governor succeeded in achieving at the end of his tenure, he would have done a lot. If you go to Okpoko area of Onitsha you will weep.
There, you will see hundreds of thousands of people living in the dustbin, living in gutters. So I encourage the Government to continue with the sanitization exercise no matter whose ox is gored. Thank you.”
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