Mixed reactions have greeted the statement made by Nigeria’s Bishop Mathew Kukah, that there could have been a coup or war in the country over the current state of insecurity.
Bishop Kukah, lamented what he called “nepotism,” which he said had characterised the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari.
As a result, he said there could have been a coup or war in the country if a non-Northern Muslim had been a president and did a fraction of what Buhari did.
The Bishop of Sokoto Catholic Diocese, who disclosed this on Friday, in his 2020 Christmas message entitled: ‘A nation in search of vindication,’ Buhari owes Nigerians an explanation on the current state of the nation, alleging that “he deliberately sacrificed the dreams of those who voted for him to what seemed like a programme to stratify and institutionalise northern hegemony by reducing others in public life to second class status.”
His state read: “This government owes the nation an explanation as to where it is headed as we seem to journey into darkness. The spilling of this blood must be related to a more sinister plot that is beyond our comprehension. Are we going to remain hogtied by these evil men or are they gradually becoming part of a larger plot to seal the fate of our country?
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“President Buhari deliberately sacrificed the dreams of those who voted for him to what seemed like a programme to stratify and institutionalise northern hegemony by reducing others in public life to second class status. He has pursued this self-defeating and alienating policy at the expense of greater national cohesion.
“Every honest Nigerian knows that there is 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 we would have been at war. The President may have concluded that Christians will do nothing and will live with these actions.
“He may be right and we Christians cannot feel sorry that we have no pool of violence to draw from or threaten our country. However, God does not sleep. We can see from the inexplicable dilemma of his North.”
It will be recalled that earlier in June, notable socio-cultural leaders from southern and middle-belt Nigeria had sued President Buhari for N50 billion over what the termed “marginalisation of the people of the region in the appointments to security, quasi-security agencies and ‘strategic agencies’ of government.”
Meanwhile, consequent upon Bishop Kukah’s statement, Nigerians have taken to Twitter, expressing mixed reactions over the cleric’s submission.
Their views presented below:
Bishop Kukah is a courageous prophet. He's saying the things that our enslaved pastor-vice president couldn't say. pic.twitter.com/MDVcaxLk3Y
— Ugochukwu Ugwoke, ISch (@FrUgochukwu) December 27, 2020
In 2014, in a speech he read at W. Soyinka's 80th birthday lecture organized by the Seadogs Ass of Nig, Bishop Kukah said Nigerians were unfairly criticizing Jonathan and the military in the war against insurgency. He even lambasted Ndibe 4 his diatribe against Nig
In his words.. pic.twitter.com/r7GgBuP7j2— Souljah (@jeffphilips1) December 27, 2020
Former Governor Shettima has spoken.
The Bishop Kukah has spoken.
The Sultan of sokoto has spokenYet no decision taken.
It is still business as usual while the death tally continues to riseHasn't it become clear that d problem is not of speakers but d supposed hearer? Buhari
— Portharcourt 2nd Son (@Polymat43955419) December 27, 2020
Bishop Kukah is a meddlesome interloper. He is a good example of the saying: a hood does not make a monk.
— OKEKE OLIVER (Don Olive) (@OKEKEOLIVER2) December 27, 2020
A subtle call for coup d'etat by a notable figure like Bishop Kukah is not constructive criticism . It should be treated with disdain.
— OKEKE OLIVER (Don Olive) (@OKEKEOLIVER2) December 27, 2020
Bishop Kukah have stopped commanding my respect long before now. I stopped taking him seriously the moment he stepped out to support a known thief for President in 2019 against a pious & man of integrity.
— OKEKE OLIVER (Don Olive) (@OKEKEOLIVER2) December 27, 2020
BISHOP KUKAH IN 2014 WHEN BOMBING WAS NORMAL !!🙃
“The President and the security agencies have become the objects of attacks and vilification….the least we can do is to stand in the comforts of highways and homes that someone else constructed and thrown stones…” pic.twitter.com/F4PTnm4YcZ
— ZahrahMusa Ph.D (@Zahrahmusa) December 27, 2020
In The middle of a pandemic Bishop KUKAH called for a coup in Nigeria @Pontifex @CatholicNewsSvc @cnni @bbchausa pic.twitter.com/1TVb4cKrnk
— Buks✍️💅👠💙🇳🇬 (@Bmokangbe) December 27, 2020
Tell Bishop Kukah that PMB will never return the feeding bottles back to them. Aso Rock won't know rogues again. pic.twitter.com/CMvM2pMTgc
— Apro🙀 🇳🇬 (@apro_dawildcat) December 27, 2020
Bishop Kukah spoke strongly during military dictatorship, does not mince words, always fearless. Focus on the incompetence, nepotism and cronyism of this administration. The Bishop is not ur problem pic.twitter.com/ljL4qz31Pe
— Realist (@efeCamilus) December 27, 2020
Bishop Kukah is the problem while the incompetent, clueless, corrupt, inept and failure #ICCIF Rtd Major General Buhari @MBuhari who is also callous, heartless, irresponsible and pathetic #CHIP is not?
Anyway, Boko Haram have been attacking. They are ending 2020 with a bang! https://t.co/RFmyJPlPIe— Aisha Yesufu (@AishaYesufu) December 27, 2020
Imagine, If Fr Mbaka had said what Bishop Kukah said about GEJ or any PDP President, Igbos in their millions would have risen in his condemnation, some will even suggest the boycott of his Adoration Ministry. Ndi erieri.
— Born To Rule (@ihe69) December 27, 2020
Bishop Kukah spoke the truth + the mind of the people! The days ahead under this administration truly look bleak!
Instead of the attacking stance of the duo of Lie Mohammed &Rev @FemAdesina, a true &thorough clarification of the state of the union is now more than needed indeed
— Mayowa Afolabi (@MayowaAOfficial) December 27, 2020
'[Buhari]…may have concluded that Christians will do nothing [about his nepotism]….He may be right & we Christians…have no pool of violence to draw from or threaten our country.However,God does not sleep. We can see from the inexplicable dilemma of his North.' -Bishop Kukah
— friarsomadina (@friarsomadina) December 25, 2020
"So, Pastor Femi Adesina was right to call us wailers.On the sad situation in Nigeria,the United Nations has wailed,the Pope has wailed,Cardinals, Archbishop,Bishops, priests, pastors have wailed.Emirs have wailed,politicians have wailed, the Sultan has wailed"-Bishop Kukah pic.twitter.com/Mj7Z6ConQx
— chijiоke, Ph.D., Nuclear Engineering(Affidavit). (@Ekwulu) December 26, 2020
SAKABULA BISHOP KUKAH IN 2014!
“Nigerians love to criticize their country perhaps far more than any nation I know of in the world. Yes, we have all earned the right to be cynical and even contemptible about the way we have been governed, and about how the resources of our nation
— Jubril of Sudan till 2023 (@Gen_Buhar) December 26, 2020
