Nigerians have sternly berated billionare and oil magnet Arthur Eze over his call for Nigerians to support the President Bola Tinubu-led administration.
Chronicle NG reports that Arthur Eze urged Nigerians to support Tinubu and praised his inclusive approach to governance.
He made the remarks in a video that was widely shared on social media and showed him donating N20 million to a church.
Eze said, “Tinubu has no boundary. If you go to Abuja, you will see Wike, an Igbo man, as a minister. Umahi is an Igbo man and minister. No boundaries. All the types of people we want.
“So this Nigeria, after eight years, will change. It has started changing. Now, I beg everybody to support him before we die.”
In reaction to his statement, Michael Ebukam in a statement on X, states, “I agree that this man is an elder, but he certainly is no statesman; he just keeps talking rubbish and supporting useless politicians just to protect his oil interests.”
Another X user, simply identified as Senior Prefect, alleged that the billionare “is one of our problems in Igbo land.”
He adds that Eze “only knows how to snatch people’s land, jail the owners, and do audio donations in churches.”
For Ebube, she urged Nigerians to jettison the call for support for the president made by Eze when she said, “Don’t listen to some Igbos politicians; they are sycophants; they are betrayals; don’t take their words seriously; they are all about their pockets.”
“You can see the lies they tell you. They want you to hold on to hope for another eight years so Tinubu can finish his tenure. Why after 8 years? Why not the first 4 years? If Nigerians don’t stop these people, these people will end Nigerians,” Oyinkitana, another X user, noted.
Describing the billionaire as a “foolish man,” Chijioke Okorie, in his reaction, asserted that the businessman has no “honour.”
“Arthur Eze has always been a foolish man whose wealth is derived from his slavish attitude. Ask him about his statement in Ebonyi State, where he said that Buhari would hand over to Umahi. These are men without honour,” Okorie noted.
![Rev. Fr. Anthony Odiong, a US-based Nigerian Louisiana Catholic priest, was arrested in Florida on Tuesday for possessing child pornography, according to law authorities. The suspect is reportedly accused of many other cases of sexual assault. The Waco, Texas, Police Department announced in a Facebook post on Tuesday that officers detained Father Anthony Odiong in Ave Maria, Florida, with assistance from the United States Marshals Service. Waco police announced in March that they had received "credible information" about a sexual assault allegedly committed by Odiong in Texas in 2012. “During the subsequent investigation, a case of possession of child pornography was uncovered,” the police said. The priest was apprehended in Florida by the Caribbean Regional Fugitive Task Force. The Waco Police Department said that he will be extradited to Texas. Odiong had previously served in the Archdiocese of New Orleans before being removed as priest in December of last year due to controversy over homilies in which he claimed, among other things, that the Catholic Church was being taken over by "the gays." At the time, the priest was also accused of abusive behaviour; a Louisiana lady claimed in U.S. bankruptcy court that Odiong had committed both financial and sexual abuse against her. Prior to joining the New Orleans Archdiocese, Odiong served in at least two Texas parishes. On Tuesday, Waco police stated that during their sexual assault investigation, "the presence of other survivors was revealed." “Multiple women have come forward to tell similar experiences as the sexual assault survivor who reported the initial allegation,” the police department said. “Survivors’ experiences ranged from sexual assault and indecent assault, more commonly recognised as groping, and financial abuse, with some survivors experiencing every element of Anthony Odiong’s manipulation.” The police said they “believe there may be more survivors, and we wish to speak with anyone who [has] had similar encounters” with the priest. The Archdiocese of New Orleans issued a brief news release on Tuesday noting Odiong's arrest in Florida. The archdiocese “encourages anyone with any information to contact law enforcement,” the release said.](https://chronicle.ng/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/ezgif-6-4730550ede-450x300.jpg "Odiong: US-based Nigerian Catholic priest convicted over sexual assault")
