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Former Minister of Transportation, and vice presidential candidate of the African Democratic Party, (ADC), Rotimi Amaechi, has defended Archbishop Emeritus of the Catholic Archdiocese of Abuja, Cardinal John Onaiyekan, insisting that the cleric has no political affiliation and does not support any politician.
Amaechi made the remarks during an appearance on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Sunday while reacting to claims by the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, that the Catholic cleric was not impartial during the 2023 general election.
The former Rivers State governor said he had to suspend the traditional mourning of his late mother to appear on the programme because he considered it necessary to defend his Christian faith amid the controversy surrounding the cardinal.
Responding to Wike’s allegation that Onaiyekan had a political leaning, Amaechi dismissed the claim, describing the cleric as politically neutral.
“He supports nobody. I see Cardinal Onaiyekan regularly, I
