Cardinal Okogie is being Hypocritical by criticizing Pastor Oritsejafor says Christian Group A group of Christians fighting against Boko Haram and terrorism has described the retired Archbishop of Lagos, Cardinal Olubunmi as a hypocrite who lacks the moral ground to criticize the CAN President, Pastor Ayo Oritseajafor. Archbishop Okogie in an interview heaped insults on the CAN President, attacking his person viciously without any attempt as an elder to promote the Christian faith and its leadership. Oritsejafor defeated Onaiyekan, the Catholic Arch-Bishop of Abuja to clinch the CAN Presidency. Since then, Catholic and Pentecostal differences have widened. Okojies interview is seen as a revenge mission after the paradigm shift in Christian leadership. They asked Cardinal Okogie, to “be mindful of his words and avoid being used by enemies of the Body of Christ”. In its criticism of the Catholic cleric, the Christians United Against Boko Haram warned that “those who live in glass houses should not throw doyens at the undeserving”. The statement was titled “Okogie: Those who live in glass Houses”, and signed by Olusola Oyedokun, a deacon and Executive Secretary of the group. Oyedokun said. Archbishop Okogie’s attack on the integrity of the current CAN President was hypocritical and unbecoming of a man of his personality. He expressed disappointment that Archbishop Okogie could compare his tenure to that of Pastor Oritsejafor. “As CAN President under whom a secular Nigeria was taken to the Organization of the Islamic Conference, Okogie has very little moral grounds to stand on to attack the integrity of Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor whose name invokes apprehension in those who wish to entrench one religion over the other in Nigeria. “We are surprised at Okogie for criticizing Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor for opening a University and wonder whether Cardinal Okogie considers education as Haram. To recall that if opening universities was wrong, then the Catholic Church has participated in the wrong doing by being behind Madonna University. It is double standards for Cardinal Okogie to close his eyes to Madonna University and attack Pastor Ayo’s University.” Mr. Oyedokun, son of a former Deputy National chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Shuaib Oyedokun, urged Archbishop Okogie not to act on rumour regarding the $9.3 million scandal.
Posted on: Sun, 28 Sep 2014 22:01:56 +0000
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