The federal government has expressed its disappointment with a statement credited to the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Matthew Hassan Kukah, wherein the latter compared the Nigerian government to Boko Haram terrorists.
In a statement issued yesterday, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed urged the cleric not to indulge in actions that can divide the country along religious lines.
He advised Bishop Kukah to rather use his acclaimed ecclesiastical status to work for religious harmony in Nigeria.
He said Bishop Kukah’s remarks, in which he accused the federal government of using methods different from the approach of Boko Haram to achieve the same goal of Islamic dominance of Nigeria, was not only disingenuous, but a great disservice to the men and women in uniform who are daily battling the Boko Haram and ISWAP terrorists to keep all Nigerians safe.
”To now attribute the actions of these mad bunch to an orchestrated and systematic plan to elevate one religion over the other or decimate adherents of a particular religion is not only unfortunate but divisive, incendiary and insensitive,” he said.
