Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) on Sunday, responded to the blistering comments made about him by an outspoken Catholic priest, Ejike Mbaka.
Mr Mbaka said Mr Obi will not be president of Nigeria in 2023 because he is a “stingy man who does not hand out money to people” at his weekly ministration service on Wednesday.
He said Mr Obi’s aspiration to become President of Nigeria would be futile unless he returned to his ministry to apologize for refusing to make a donation when he was asked to do so.
Many Nigerians chastised him for his remark, including the Catholic Diocese of Enugu.
Later, the preacher apologized to the former governor of Anambra State and his followers, claiming that his intention was not to discredit the LP presidential contender.
Callistus Onaga, the Catholic Bishop of Enugu Diocese, forbade Catholics from attending activities at the cleric’s ministry on Friday.
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