Archbishop Chukwuma berates Jonathan over visit to churches

The Archbishop of Enugu Anglican Prov­ince, Most Rev. (Dr) Emmanuel Chuk­wuma, has criticised President Goodluck Jonathan for visiting some Pentecostal churches and watching Chief Femi Fani-Kayode abuse prominent Nigerians in the name of run­ning his campaign.

Chukwuma, who is also the Bishop of Enugu, told Daily Sun at the weekend that Jonathan’s sectional visits to churches could be counter-pro­ductive as the orthodox churches would pay him back for his nonchalance and continuous neglect.
On the Director of Media and Publicity of the PDP Presidential Campaign Organisation, Chief Fani-Kayode, the bishop said it was shameful that Jonathan allowed him to drive his campaign even when the President knew he has a case in court.
He frowned at the way Fani-Kayode was insult­ing prominent and elderly people, saying if he was not called to order, may affect the President adversely.
He also noted that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) did not do well by shifting the elections, noting that the electoral umpire should have known the security situation before fixing the dates for the elections in the beginning.
Chukwuma called on INEC to follow rigidly the new dates fixed for the elections, saying the elec­toral body would derail the country’s democracy if it fails to abide by the new dates.
“The report we got is that most Southerners have already fled from the crisis zones in the North, so INEC should allow them to vote wher­ever they are now. INEC should find a way of people using their PVCs anywhere they are, just like we use the ATM cards and as practised in the advanced world,” he said.