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Kukah’s vilification: Buhari is fighting the wrong ‘enemy’
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By Olu Fasan
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari is showing typical behavioural strains. Beleaguered leaders, who are out of touch with reality, usually find solace in the echo chambers of sycophancy and tend to see enemies in even well-meaning critics. That’s how to view the Presidency’s recent attacks on Bishop Matthew Kukah, Bishop of Sokoto Catholic diocese, for his flawless critique of the state of Nigeria under the Buhari administration.
A kii fi ete sile pa lapalapa, the Yoruba would say, meaning: “One doesn’t ignore leprosy to treat a rash.” Nigeria is infected with the
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PFN warned the federal government to avoid making Kukah a sacrificial lamb for speaking the truth.
DAILY POST recalls that Kukah, in his message accused President Muhammadu Buhari of nepotism, adding that he was sacrificing the dreams of Nigeria for the pleasure of the north.
According to the cleric, there could have been a coup or war in the country if a non-Nothern Muslim was the President and did some of the things Buhari had done.
His statement ignited controversy and reactions from MURIC and some northern groups, including Arewa Youth Consultative Forum and the APC, which condemned Kukah and called for his prosecution.
Matthew Kukah
• Muslim coalition, others condemn attacks on Bishop • Muslim professionals say cleric’s sermon timely call for good leadership
• The bishop simply spoke the truth to Buhari, it declares • ‘Nigeria will be great if it has three persons like Kukah’
• Muslim group flays marginalisation of the Igbo • SOKAPU chides Arewa youths for seeking Kukah’s arrest
Bishop Matthew Kukah of the Sokoto Catholic Archdiocese., yesterday, responded to attacks on him over his Christmas Day message, urging Nigerians to ignore the lie against him.
He disclosed this in a chat with journalists yesterday, and asked Nigerians to dwell on the statement he made, not on lies against him, He explained that his message, titled ‘Another Christmas with Dark Clouds of Death,’ was based on his love for the country without any political or ulterior motive.
Matthew Kukah
• Muslim coalition, others condemn attacks on Bishop • Muslim professionals say cleric’s sermon timely call for good leadership
• The bishop simply spoke the truth to Buhari, it declares • ‘Nigeria will be great if it has three persons like Kukah’
• Muslim group flays marginalisation of the Igbo • SOKAPU chides Arewa youths for seeking Kukah’s arrest
Bishop Matthew Kukah of the Sokoto Catholic Archdiocese., yesterday, responded to attacks on him over his Christmas Day message, urging Nigerians to ignore the lie against him.
He disclosed this in a chat with journalists yesterday, and asked Nigerians to dwell on the statement he made, not on lies against him, He explained that his message, titled ‘Another Christmas with Dark Clouds of Death,’ was based on his love for the country without any political or ulterior motive.
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While accusing Buhari of nepotism in his Christmas message on Friday, the priest
But the Arewa Youth Consultative Forum (AYCF) called
for the prosecution of Kukah for allegedly demanding a coup.
The forum described the bishop’s comments as “treasonable”.
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Speaking with reporters on Monday night, Kukah said it is unfair for anyone to report that he called for a coup.
“The loss of lives in the last ten years, even before the advent of this administration, calls for concern,” he said.
“The reactions are a reflection of every citizen that make ups Nigeria. It is sad that when you drop something in Nigeria, everybody goes back to their enclave and abandons the larger picture. I am someone who never takes offence to what people say about me.