Information has come to light regarding claims that the All Progressives Congress, APC, invited Christian clergy members to take part in the introduction of the party’s vice presidential candidate, Kashim Shettima.
Recall that on Wednesday in Abuja, APC presidential candidate Bola Tinubu unveiled the former governor of Borno State as his running mate.
Social media is flooded with videos of bishops who attended the event dressed in cassocks due to the controversy surrounding the same faith ticket.
WITHIN NIGERIA reports that the ruling party is currently receiving backlashes from Nigerians for reportedly hiring fake bishops in a bid to claim support of the Christian community in the presidential race.
One of the ‘bishops’ who spoke with Peoples Gazette, Joseph Odaudu alleged that they were hired from a motor park.
According to him, the APC members promised to pay them N100,000 each.
He, however, lamented that he only got N40,000 instead of the promised N100,000
“They came to meet us at the car park behind Eagle Square and they promised to give me N100,000. They bought food for us and took us to another place where they gave us clothes to dress like Christian leaders and reverend fathers,” Mr Odaudu told The Gazette.
“But after we finished, they only gave me N40,000 and another person said they got only N30,000. I don’t know why they changed our agreement because they said they had N100,000 for us.
“I am a Christian and I am supporting Tinubu but I hate when people lie and fail to deliver on their promises,” he added.
However, the Tinubu Campaign Organisation, TCO, had debunked the reports of fake bishops, saying they are clerics without big names.
TCO, in a statement by its Director of Media and Communication, Mr. Bayo Onanuga declared that the bishops were not hired.