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FACT CHECK: Are bishops, pastors who attended Tinubu's unveiling of Shettima fake?

The social media has been awashed with several unverified reports as to the identities of pastors, priests and bishops who attended the All Progressives Congress’ (APC) unveiling of Senator Kashim Shettima as running mate to its presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu on Wednesday in Abuja. The presence of the clerics seemed to have overshadowed the main event as people, especially the Christian folks0 read meaning to the whole scenario.

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has been crying foul since Tinubu declared Shettima as his running mate and has attended to play up religious card, calling on its not to vote any party running on a Muslim-Muslim ticket. Likewise, the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) towed the same line with CAN.

There has been tension in the land over the supposed vexed issue. No amount of explanation from the Tinubu’s camp could calm the agitation. The line seems to have been drawn as 2023 presidency is purely going to tow the line of ethnicity and religion.


To the Christian community’s consternation, bishops and pastors were seen at Tinubu’s unveiling of Shettima as running mate, then anger spreads in the land.

CAN issued a statement disowning the clerics at the event, saying they were fake. The body said they were hired mechanics and artisans by the APC with robes on them to give the impression that they were bishops and pastors.

The Vice President of CAN (19 Northern States and Abuja) and chairman in Kaduna State, Rev. Joseph John Hayab, said Tinubu, was free to “hire mechanics and other artisans and sew clerical garments for them.”

He said, “The people we saw at the unveiling of Shettima paraded as Bishops are people who did not have enough time to learn how to wear Bishop garments. Take a closer look at their photo and you will see another Nollywood movie.



“BAT is free to hire mechanics and other artisans and sew clerical garments for them. An effort that will only add to their many ropes when the political exercise is over but will not change the need for fairness and justice that CAN is calling for.”

With these words, the social media was awashed with all kinds of stories that the cleric at the event were fake, that they were mechanics and artisans.

Findings:

The insinuation that the cleric who attended the unveiling of Shettima were fake was first propounded by CAN to discredit the attendees and consolidate its position that no Christian should vote for a Muslim-Muslim ticket. Some of the bishops who attended the event have come up to disclose their identities, showing that they were not fake.

For instance, one of the purported fake Bishop Kamoru from Lagos, according to Twitter, is actually a real cleric from Peace Chapel Mararaba. Photo has emerged where he was seen conducting a wedding in the church and some of his have come up to say that they knew him personally.

Reverend Father Hyacinth Alia, of Gkoko Catholic Diocese Benue State was also among the cleric CAN called fake. He is also the APC Governorship candidate in Benue.

Another cleric, Pastor Prince Ugokwe, who was called fake was also at the event. Ugokwe has made his identity known that he is truly a pastor and not fake. Right now the identities of all clerics who attended the event were known.

Verdict: CAN lied when it said that the bishops and pastors who attended unveiling of Shettima as Tinubu’s running mate were fake, mechanics and artisans. Findings have shown that they were truly pastors and bishops with known identities.

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They are all fake

. They are not fake.... Just that the opposition aka Peter Obi's fans have dominated the social media... So anything they don't wants, they know how to successfully convince others not to want it.... If na Peter obi gather those people, the same fans will be hailing him.....

Peter obi and become a saint even if you are a criminal

tinubu and you become a criminal even if you are a saint

Atiku and nobody go give you attention

Firstly, Apc is a failure and even Buhari knows that.... Personally, in this coming election, I will vote nobody.....

Igbos want their own and made him a saint.. They claim he is not for Igbos but its a big lie... They Also claim if it was other igbos, they wud not have ed them but na lie. If it was any Igbo they hated is bearing a party flag, they will make him a saint and their own.. They will not other igbos bcox they are not vying for presidency, don't forget dt igbos want this presidency so much. Even if na Joe igbokwe or okorocha dey lead a party for presidency, igbos will make them a saint and them.. Igbos never leave their own especially on a vital position like this


Yorubas on the other hand have always been known as betrayal. Other tribes discipline their own and take them back but Yorubas are one of the most stupid tribe yet they claim to be civilized..... Yorubas are always hating their own..... Same way yorubas didn't Obasanjo, they are about to do the same to Tinubu.....

After Igbo, Yorubas is the 2nd most foolish tribe in Nigeria..

Igbo are smart, they have hatred tinubu for the ages past, they have successfully convinced fellow yorubas to hate their son tinubu while they make their own son Peter Obi a saint....

Endsars was a mistake that should have never happened but Ip0b claimed to be not involved, yet there is evidence of kanu instructing his brainwashed Ip0b to destroy Lagos... If you want to deny, deny it for your family, u can't lie to me bcox I listened to it myself... I only feel sorry for the Omo ale that calls themselves omoluabi that contributed in the destruction on Lagos.



In conclusion, I will watch as they declare anyone as president..... You people should vote for competency and not tribe..... Anyone who doesn't do well, hope we wunt be tribal enough to vote him for another term even after he obviously failed the first time....

Congrats to Peter Obi

Congrats to Tinubu

Congrats to Atiku

FTC first time in 30 years. Lol

Mushroom bishops

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Nigeria English plenty well well

Oga rest, they are all fake.....ahan what's wrong with y'all

Nairaland is from Iragbiji

Na lie

You can check facts that the bishops are fake, but no facts for a man that has been accused of being an ant for a drug cartel.

We know all the genuine bishops and pastors in Nigeria

Fake article by a fake journalist

Fake fake fake

Trash

The only result APC knows how to produce is failures

When men slept... this post made it to FP, this post takes the cake of the most usel*ss post in the history of nairaland.

is fake
APC is fake
Agbado crooner is fake
All of Una na fake Una bi

They are bloody fake

La hanantulahi alal kazibine.

Folafikemii:
They are all fake

in your d**bass brain.

To defend failure is one of the hardest jobs on earth.

Yhu people are trying so hard to defend the fake Bishops.

First of all, anyone can claim to be anything, it's a free world but the truth is, the people parading themselves as Bishops there do not represent the interests of the Christians. That's the truth yhu need to know.

Secondly, we saw a woman wiring a wedding ring, also claiming to be a bishop there.

Also, there are others who have been identified to be far from being anything Bishops.

Some of them also have opened up on being paid to appear there as Bishops.

Yhur claim that CAN Lied is very laughable.....yhu are just hoping yhur self deceit can be accepted by everyone, by force.

Yhu want to find out fact and yhu couldn't give the identities of even half of the self acclaimed Bishops that attended the event there.

Go back and do yhur finding properly if yhu truly want us to believe yhu.

Give us the identities of all the 30 bishops and the churches the preside over or just get lost.


More laughable is the fact that all through the event the "bishops" weren't given any recognition or at anytime given a welcome address....hahaha

Foolish people, yhu think all Nigerians are as dull as yhur mentally derailed and brainwashed followers?

I see. But their being real doesn't make BAT a better candidate for 2023

We are getting there.

DenreleDave:


Firstly, Apc is a failure and even Buhari knows that.... Personally, in this coming election, I will vote nobody.....

Igbos want their own and made him a saint.. They claim he is not for Igbo

apc is not a failure, buhari is failure.

Ok, truth is coming out

Op you're fokn fake too

OP shebi them don pay you peanuts abi?

I'm disappointed in you for your choice of 8 years Agbado and Casava

fact checking where are proof?

Are we still on this matter?