Dino Melaye, Bello rift: Onaiyekan unveils plan

The Metropolitan Catholic Archbishop of Abuja,
John Cardinal Onaiyekan, has promised to
intervene in the feud between Kogi State Governor,
Yahaya Bello, and Senator Dino Melaye.


Onaiyekan said the cold war between Bello and
Melaye was no longer helping the state.
According to him, the fight was taking its toll on
the masses.
Onaiyekan said: “I have not seen any of them.

They have not brought their case to my court.
“The only plan I have in mind is to talk to Dino
Melaye, who represents me in the Senate. But we
have not had time to meet.”

Asked if he would also talk to Bello, the former
President of the Christian Association of Nigeria

said he was going to try.

Onaiyekan added: “I was thinking about it too. I
was asking my colleague, the bishop of Lokoja
who is sharing fence with the governor whether he
has visited him.

“But apparently, the attitude of the governor did
not seem as if he would welcome any intervention
from somebody like the bishop of Lokoja. That is
what I am getting from him.

“And it doesn’t seem as if the Anglican Bishop of
Lokoja is having any impact on the situation.”

“Obviously, the quarrel between Melaye and the
governor is not helping the state. We wish we
could have a window of opportunity to intervene
for the sake of the state because the poor people
are suffering,” Onaiyekan concluded.