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Bishop Ugokwe Speaks On His Presence At Tinubu-Shettima Event

Bassey Marshall

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2 years ago

July 21, 2022

One of the Christian bishops, identified as Amb Ugokwe Prince, who was allegedly hired to be present at the unveiling of Kashim Shettima as the vice presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has spoken out.

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Recall that, the event which was held at Shehu Musa Yar’Adua Centre in Abuja trended on social media platforms due to the presence of Christian clerics with suspicious identities.

GreenWhiteGreen GWG reports that many of them refused to be interviewed except for a few who spoke with newsmen.

Following the controversies that trailed the event Social media users investigated and exposed one of the attendees as Ugo Ugokwe who contested for the position of APC Deputy Youth Leader (South East) at the March 26 national convention

Amid social media attacks on Tinubu’s camp for parading fake bishops at the unveiling which many described as ‘Blasphemy’, a large section of Nigerians stormed Ugokwe’s Facebook page to rain insults on him.

Replying, Ugokwe said that the journalist that interviewed him was out for fake news and desperate to rubbish the ‘men of God’ at the event.

The APC member said that citizens are free to choose their preferred contestants in 2023.

He wrote: “I have seen ‘many’ fake news about me and my foundation. It’s okay. Anybody can write what they want to generate traffic.

“I know the guy that I allowed to interview me was out for fake news. He was desperate something, to rubbish men of God.

We are for peace and love not hate. Jesus Christ is love. Christians and Muslims should preach love no matter the challenge in our country Nigeria today.

“Just vote your heart in 2023. Don’t hate”