On Sunday, the Presidency faulted the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Matthew Kukah for speaking against Muhammadu Buhari in his Easter homily, says, he did not speak like a man of God.
The Presidency, made these known in a statement titled “Kukah’s Buhari bashing is ungodly” by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu.
According to the statement, Shehu faulted that, since Kukah professed to be a man of God, ideology shouldn’t stand in the way of facts and fairness.
Shehu also accused the bishop of playing politics in some of his submissions in the Easter message.
He accused Kukah of not saying the truth that Boko Haram terrorism is worse than it was in 2015, he said, he did not speak like a man of God. Stating that, Kukah should go to Borno or Adamawa to ask the citizens there the difference between 2014 and 2021.
The statement read in part, “All citizens have their ideologies, even their versions of the truth.
“But if you profess to be a man of God, as Father Mathew Hassan Kukah does, ideology should not stand in the way of facts and fairness.
“Father Kukah has said some things that are inexplicable in his Easter message.
“But, in saying that the Boko Haram terrorism is worse than it was in 2015, he did not speak like a man of God. Kukah should go to Borno or Adamawa to ask the citizens there the difference between 2014 and 2021.
“Furthermore, the Hijab issue in Kwara State on which he dwelt is a state matter which the courts of the land have adjudicated. They are matters that have appeared in several states as far back as the Obasanjo administration. In all of that, when and where did the name of President Buhari feature?
He is playing partisan politics by dragging the President into it.
“An administration that has created a whole Ministry, for the first time in the country’s history, appropriating enormous resources to it, to deal with issues of internally displaced persons cannot, in all rightfulness be accused of not caring for them.
“Some of the comments are no more than a sample of the unrestrained rhetoric Fr. Kukah trades in, which he often does in the guise of a homily.
“We urge well-meaning citizens to continue to support the ongoing efforts by the administration to secure the country and move it forward.”
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