Governor Simon Lalong’s mention of the Pope in tolerating to act as the DG of APC in 2023 has maddened Catholics in Nigeria
The Catholic faithful faulted Lalong for hauling the Holy Father into the cloudy politics issues of Nigeria and the 2023 political race
They likewise required his prompt suspension from the Church, it is adding that his comment is blasphemous
FCT, Abuja – Members of the Roman Catholic Church on Thursday, August 11 scowled at the reference by Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau to the Pope while shielding his acknowledgment to act as the Director-General of All Progressives Congress (APC) official mission board for 2023.
Lalong has been chided by a few Christian gatherings for tolerating the position due to the APC’s Muslim presidential ticket.
The governor had said as a Catholic with the highest Papal award of Knight of Saint Gregory, the Pope had not told him what he was doing is wrong.
The president of the Concerned Catholics in Nigeria, Dr. Ben Amodu, during a press conference in Abuja, insisted that Lalong must tender an apology for his remarks.
The Punch newspaper quoted Amodu as saying:
“Governor Simon Bako Lalong must consequently tender an unreserved apology to the Catholic community in Nigeria for dragging the Pope into the murky waters of Nigerian politics. It remains unjustifiable and as much condemnable.
“The leadership of the Catholic Community in Nigeria must ensure that Governor Simon Bako Lalong is made to atone for his blasphemous statement about the Pope and the Catholic Church in public.”
Meanwhile, gistoftheday.com reported how Governor Simon Lalong says “Pope Francis told Me to reject to serve as Director-General of the All Progressives Congress”