Arise Television’s The Morning Show anchor, Rufai Oseni, on Monday accused the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, government of President Bola Tinubu of hypocrisy over its recent reactions to comments by Cardinal John Onaiyekan on the state of the nation.
Oseni said the ruling party had celebrated Onaiyekan as a courageous voice of truth when he criticised the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan in 2014, but had turned against the cleric for making similar remarks under President Bola Tinubu’s administration.
Recalling Onaiyekan’s visit to the Presidential Villa in November 2014, Oseni said the APC at the time praised the Catholic cleric for speaking truth to power and embraced his criticisms of the Jonathan government.
According to him, the party described Onaiyekan as a voice of reason and readily amplified his comments during the build-up to the 2015 general elections.
He questioned why the same party was now criticising the former Catholic
