Presidency chides Muslim forum for giving Kukah ultimatum, cautions Catholic priest Legit 13/01/2021 Oluwatobi Bolashodun
- The Nigerian presidency has finally reacted following the backlash and threats that followed Bishop Kukah s Christmas day message
- This is coming after a Muslim forum asked the cleric to leave Sokoto state over an inciting statement
- However, in a reaction, Garba Shehu, a presidential spokesman said that the ultimatum is wrong
The presidency has released a statement in reaction to a group, Muslim Solidarity Forum (MSF), giving the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Bishop Mattew Hassan Kukah an ultimatum to leave the northern state.
•Northern elders warn against inflammatory religious comments
By Deji Elumoye and Adedayo Akinwale
The presidency yesterday waded into the raging controversy over the Christmas homily of the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Bishop Hassan Kukah, with a caution to an Islamic group that demanded that he should apologise or quit Sokoto State, to back off.
It said in a statement by a presidential spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu, that it was wrong for the group based in Sokoto, Muslim Solidarity Forum, to give conditionality to Kukah, over the homily in which he accused President Muhammadu Buhari of promoting northern hegemony, and interpreted by some Islamic interests as attacking Islam and Muslims.
Nigeria’s presidency on Wednesday waded into the raging controversy over the Christmas homily of the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Bishop Hassan Kukah, with a caution to an Islamic group that demanded that he should apologise or quit Sokoto State, to back off. It said in a statement by a presidential spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu,
By Onyebuchi Ezigbo in Abuja and Onuminya Innocent in Sokoto
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has kicked against the call by the Muslim Solidarity Forum on the Bishop of Sokoto Catholic Diocese, Bishop Matthew Kukah, to apologise for his alleged attack on Islam and Muslims or leave the Caliphate.
The forum, which labelled itself as an umbrella body for Islamic organisations, scholars and clerics, yesterday asked Kukah to apologise or leave the state, insisting that his Christmas message was capable of triggering religious violence in the country.
Kukah, in his Christmas homily, had accused President Muhammadu Buhari of promoting northern hegemony.
Kokori accuses JNI Secretary of inciting religious war in Nigeria
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By Perez Brisibe
ELDER statesman and chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Chief Frank Kokori, has accused Secretary of the Jama’atul Nasril Islam, JNI, Dr. Khalid Aliyu of allegedly inciting religious war in the country.
Chief Kokori made his position known on Wednesday while reacting to Dr. Aliyu’s outburst in response to the Christmas homily of the archbishop of Sokoto Diocese, Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah.
Recall that Bishop Kukah in his 2020 Christmas day message, accused President Buhari of nepotism and other misdemeanours which have attracted several reactions across the country.