The church must stop giving its platform to politicians to campaign and throw political banter, a lawyer and rights activist, Deji Adeyanju, has said.
Adeyanju said this in an X post on Sunday while reacting to the bickering between Senate President Godswill Akpabio and Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara, at the funeral service for the late Chief Executive Officer of Access Holdings, Herbert Wigwe.
The funeral service was conducted at The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) branch in Isiokpo in Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State on Saturday.
Fubara, while giving his remarks at the burial, had said: “This one has to do with our political class, what is all this trouble all about.
“You want to kill, You want to bury, what is it all about.”
In his own remarks, Akpabio went on to reply to the governor thus: “What is the struggle all about? I will answer you.
“The struggle, we are not talking politics. In 2006 I wanted to be a Deputy Governor, so the then deputy Governor invited me and told me that this office has no money, there is nothing in it. I don’t know why you still insist on moving me from here and take over.
“So the woman who went with me, said ‘Your Excellency, then don’t wait for impeachment, just resign since there’s nothing in it’.
“And he stood up and started punching the woman, and I told him, ‘Your Excellency, don’t punch her, she’s telling the truth. There’s nothing in the office that’s why I want it, because you’re too big for it’.
“So your excellency Governor Fubara, if there’s nothing in the struggle, don’t struggle.”
Reacting to the bickering, Adeyanju described it as “disgraceful” and blamed the church for offering its platform to the politicians.
He said, “The church is to blame for the disgraceful act of Gov Fubara and Akpabio yesterday at the funeral service of Herbert Wigwe.
“The church must stop giving its platform to politicians for campaigns and political banter. This is why many don’t respect the church.”
The church is to blame for the disgraceful act of Gov Fubara and Akpabio yesterday at the funeral service of Herbert Wigwe. The church must stop giving its platform to politicians for campaigns and political banter. This is why many don’t respect the church. Happy Sunday.
— Comrade Deji Adeyanju (@adeyanjudeji) March 10, 2024