Pro-democracy and civil rights advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), has carpeted two presidential aides, Mr. Daniel Bwala and Temitope Ajayi, for criticising Cardinal Onyaiyekan.
Bwala, a Special Adviser on communications to the President said Cardinal Onaiyekan spoke for only Catholics on his impressions from the bishops’ recent visit to the president, while Ajayi, a Senior Special Assistant on media and publicity, accused Onaiyekan of abusing what he called the clerical privilege of attending the meeting with the Nigerian leader.
Ajayi had argued that the Catholic Bishops discharged what they considered their moral obligation by presenting their concerns to the President.
He said, President Tinubu, on his part, accorded them respect by granting them audience and responding to every issue they raised. That exchange reflected the civility expected in a constitutional democracy.
HURIWA through its National Coordinator, Comrade Emmanuel Nnadozie Onwubiko, accused the duo of being disrespectful to an elderly statesman and a respected clergy, widely reputed to be one of the choicest patriots and nationalists in Nigeria.
