*Agrees with President no pool of violence threatening Nigeria
*The level of bigotry of Kukah is unprecedented – Respondents
*Kukah and co used Atiku to unseat Buhari 2019 but failed – Ugo Egbujo
By bringing “Christians” and “non-Northern Muslim” into his no-longer new issue of acclaimed nepotism that he and some other elites have been raising against the President is, however, unclear if Kukah means nepotism to be that the now second-term governing Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has been favouring Muslims of the North against Christians of North, South as well as against Muslims of the South.
The Bishop of Sokoto Catholic Diocese, Matthew Kukah, has reportedly bemoaned what he calls the nepotism, which he says has characterised President Muhammadu Buhari’s government and warned that although Christians will not fight back, but that “God does not sleep”.
Kukah, who made this claim in his 2020 Christmas message, said there could have been a coup or war in the country if a non-Nothern Muslim becomes president and does some of the things Buhari has done.
The DEFENDER’s checks revealed ‘nepotism’ to mean “the practice among those in power or influence by which they favour relatives or friends over others”.
By bringing “Christians” and “non-Northern Muslim” into his no-longer new issue of acclaimed nepotism that he and some other elites have been raising against the President is, however, unclear if Kukah means nepotism to be that the now second-term governing Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has been favouring Muslims of the North against Christians of North, South as well as against Muslims of the South.
A source however said, as a man of God, the Bishop could be right on his claims though unstated, “But in honesty, the North and Muslims should complain neither Christians nor South as insinuated by him because, under Buhari, these two ethnic and religious groups of Nigerians have lost more souls and property to insecurity and have not been so favoured by presidential attention against Northernisation and Islamisation Agenda these politicians in the House of God are claiming.”
Bishop Kukah, who has been a member of the governing council of American University of Nigeria, owned by Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) 2019 Presidential Candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, spoke few days after the Presidency, in a statement by Mr. Femi Adesina, alerted Nigerians and the world about plan by some political elements to start a smear media campaign using some “pliant online media” present President Buhari like he is not in charge of the country and then move to collapse his government.
Many Nigerian political, ethnic and religious leaders used the Christmas season as opportunity to give message if peace and unity to Nigerians, which saw to how this year 2020 festivity held with many Muslims joining their Christian compatriots in the celebrations as a mark of a people united by one nation and one destiny.
However, Bishop Kukah saw the need to use the opportunity, for religion to contribute to solving the artificial crisis in the country, as one to throw a soap on the President, which he did.
“Every honest Nigerian knows that there’s no way any non-Northern Muslim President could have done a fraction of what President Buhari has done by his nepotism and gotten away with it.
“There would have been a military coup a long time ago or Nigeria would have been at war.
“The President may have concluded Christians will do nothing and will live with his actions.
“He may be right and Christians cannot feel sorry that we have no pool of violence to draw from or threaten this country.
“However, God does not sleep. We can see from the inexplicable dilemma of his North,” Kukah said.
Some of respondents, who spoke in the media report, described Kukah as acting the script of already exposed.
One of them (names withheld) said, “The level of bigotry of Kukah is unprecedented.”
Another respondent, who simply identified himself as Kunle Olu, said, “Bishop said Christians will not fight back but God does not sleep. He needs to have told us what President Buhari has done against Christians of Nigeria to warrant such sounding heavy but, in reality, weightless allegation he cannot reveal talk less to justify or prove. But our religious leaders must now know they have got to stop making nonexistent claims to heat up the polity of our great nation.”
Public affairs analyst, Ugo Egbujo, in his swift reply to the reverend father, said:
“He said there could have been a coup if Buhari were not the president. The idea is that Buhari’s sins and incompetence necessitate a military coup.
“Kukah is a bishop, otherwise, I would have said he is serpentine. Regardless of how well or badly Buhari might have functioned, the suggestion of the probability or propriety of a coup is mischievous.
“But Kukah is a bishop so I won’t say he is a trouble maker. Let’s just say he is mistaken.
“In 2018, Kukah resurrected Atiku and helped cleanse him of political leprosy. It was in desperation to unseat Buhari. Kukah and company lost woefully.
“Today, Kukah, the democrat, is talking about a coup. When the bible forbids certain things it says, let it not be heard amongst you,” Egbujo said.
