Former Abia State Governor and Senator representing Abia North, Orji Kalu, on Wednesday declared that he would resign from the All Progressives Congress if President Bola Tinubu ever disrespects the Catholic bishops or the opposition.
Kalu, a former Chief Whip of the Senate, made the declaration while speaking as a guest on Channels Television’s Politics Today, where he dismissed claims that the President had insulted the Catholic Church amid recent controversy over remarks by Catholic leaders on the state of the nation.
The senator insisted that Tinubu maintained a cordial relationship with the Catholic Church, describing the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria as the conscience of the nation whose views should not be misconstrued as hostility towards the government.
He said, “Tinubu did not insult the Catholic Church. This is not the first time the Catholic Church has gone to President Tinubu. In every country, from DRC, Angola to South Africa, and anywhere, the Catholic and other churches are always the conscience of the country.