Atiku vs Buhari: Archbishop Onaiyekan states position
Catholic Archbishop of Abuja, John Cardinal Onaiyekan, has said Nigerians are in a situation of difficult choice between the two leading presidential candidates, Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and incumbent Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress, APC. He stated this at the weekend while speaking on the topic: “The Church in Politics: Towards the election year 2019” at an event organized by Catholic Action – Nigeria in Abuja. According to him, there was no reason to expect either of both candidates to perform wonders if elected having seen them in the past operate below par at the highest levels of government. He lamented that whereas there are over 90 political parties in the country, there seemed to be no viable alternative to the two mega parties. He said: “Dear brethren, our dear country is deeply in a great dilemma as we move towards the 2019 election. It would appear that we are faced with the horrible tragedy of a choice between two well-known