Duke said the current state of the country demanded immediate action, stressing that continued inaction would have grave consequences. “The direction the country is going, I think, requires urgent, very urgent intervention,” he said. He described Nigeria’s problems as multifaceted, arguing that weak economic growth, poor governance and ineffective leadership had reinforced one another over the years. I see Cardinal Onaiyekan regularly; I worship in his private chapel. Cardinal Onaiyekan himself supports nobody,” he said.