Muslim-Muslim Ticket: Nigeria has lost moral right to fight Boko Haram —Kukah

The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Matthew Hassan Kukah, has lambasted the lopsided appointments of President Muhammadu Buhari and his support for the All Progressives Congress’ Muslim-Muslim presidential ticket for the 2023 elections, saying that Nigeria has lost the moral right to fight the Boko-Haram ideology.

Mr Kukah said this during the discussion of his new book, “Broken Truth” in Abuja, Monday night.

The bishop questioned Buhari’s lopsided recruitment process despite its tendency to cause a threat to the country while also warning that there are consequences of using religion to manipulate politics.

He said, “If you look at history, there is a consequence for using religion to manipulate politics. We just need to look at Germany, the consequences are there to see in Hitler.

“The problem is that the Nigerian political elites lack the mental capacity to understand the consequences of the fire they are stoking because there is nothing to suggest the average person who is living in the North, who is Fulani, who is a Muslim, who is Hausa, can say that they are proud of the Nigerian political system, beyond a very tiny percentage.

“And I have said that Buhari’s recruitment process has the tendency to cause a threat because we have lost the moral right to quarrel with Boko Haram who say unless you accept our way, you will die.

“If you decide that you want to give privilege to a religion or an ethnic group, what will happen is that others automatically become outsiders ” Mr Kukah said.