His Emminence John Olorunfemi Onaiyekan.
The overwhelming majority of social media commentators are in support of Cardinal Onaiyekan, which shows that he was, in fact, doing his country a good turn by speaking truth to power. There is a rich history of the interactions — sometimes tepid, other times spirited — between the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria and various Nigerian leaders over the years. Patriots who want the best for their country must always support their leaders with candid advice.
John Cardinal Onaiyekan has been known as a temperate, sagacious, and even-handed man for all his 82 years on earth. Anyone now trying to cast him in the mould of a rabble-rouser does so in vain.
President Tinubu, in his own case, has always been a straight-shooting, wily exponent of ‘political wiseness.’ The convivial smokescreen accompanying his famed braggadocio is but a booby trap to ensnare anyone presumptuous enough to underestimate him.
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