A police team on patrol has rescued one of the Tinubu-Shettima Bishops from lynching by traders at Dei Dei International Building Materials Market, Abuja.
He was spotted by the Traders and almost lynched, if not the timely intervention of the Nigeria police force.
The man identified as “Rev Chika” is said to be a plumber, and an indigene of Agulu in Anambra, according to the account of Facebook user Sunday Adeniran.
Adeniran wrote on his wall. “Today at Dei-Dei building materials market in Abuja, this clergyman was molested and beaten when they identified him as one of the clergymen who attended the unveiling of Shettima as Tinubu’s running mate.
His name is Rev Chika. He hails from Agulu in Anambra state,”
“Bishop! Fake bishop! That’s one of the bishops Tinubu used,” screamed some of the people that paraded Mr Chika, who walked with his head hanging low.
He was mobbed at Dei Dei Market Abuja over alleged involvement in the impersonation of bishops during Shettima’s unveiling.
The alleged hired fake Bishop went to engage in plumbing repairs for someone at the market not knowing that people will recognise him. They nearly killed him, but the police saved him.
A video seen by showed a man whose facial features matched one of the fake bishops paraded at the popular Dei-dei market Saturday afternoon.
Rev Chika was caught and paraded amid jeers of “fake bishop” on Saturday.
TheNewsGuru.com reports that fake bishops were reportedly hired by Bola Tinubu’s campaign for the unveiling of Kashim Shettima as the APC vice-presidential candidate.
A video seen by TheNewsGuru.com showed a man whose facial features matched one of the fake bishops paraded at the popular Dei-dei market Saturday afternoon.
Calling him “fake Bishop, some people were seen parading Rev. Chika, who walked with his head hanging low.
See video below:
https://youtu.be/kX0-JGFqaO8
While some commenters condemned the parade, arguing the traders should not have harassed him, others said Rev. Chika deserved the harsh treatment for making a mockery of the Christian faith.
Witnesses said Rev. Chika was rescued by a police team on patrol in the area. A spokesman for the police in Abuja did not immediately have information about whether suspects were arrested after the hoodlums were dispersed.
Joseph Odaudu, who was one of the hired Bishops, had earlier disclosed Tinubu’s hirelings broke a mutual agreement to be paid N100,000 for the shady job but only paid N40,000.
The alleged fake bishops had appeared in a cassock to give Christian voters a false impression that Tinubu’s decision to pick a Muslim northerner as his running-mate for the 2023 general elections meant well for the country despite strong criticism from the Christian community and opinion leaders in the country.