Following Bishop Mathew Hassan Kukah and Bishop David Oyedepo visit to the Hilltop mansion of former President Olusegun Obasanjo in Abeokuta, Ogun State, last Thursday, over the reconciliation between the former President and his erstwhile deputy Atiku Abubakar, many have described their mission as a way of endorsing Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar.
Visit to Obasanjo Mansion: Kukah, Oyedepo React to Criticism
But, the clerics say their mission was to reconcile the former President with his erstwhile deputy.
They spoke through different media.
Kukah, who explained the resistance he put up to decline being dragged into what he called a forest of politics, stated his position in a statement.
The fiery cleric said that he could not have endorsed any particular candidate since he has his friends spread across the political parties.
He, however, admitted that the criticisms that trailed the group photographs, showing him with Obasanjo, Atiku, Oyedepo and Sheikh Gumi among others, were expected, especially at a time that the former vice president had just clinched the presidential ticket of his party.
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In his own defence during the Sunday service in Ota, Bishop Oyedepo said he has no membership card of any political party.
Oyedepo said he is after a peaceful country.
The presence of the duo on a day Obasanjo said he had forgiven Atiku and rated him above President Muhammadu Buhari has continued to draw flaks from different quarters.
