Kukah’s Position on Insecurity, Hijab Crisis, Ungodly, Says Buhari’s Aide, Garba Shehu

The Presidency last night faulted the submission of The Catholic
Bishop of Sokoto, Father Matthew Kukah over the security situation
in the country and the hijab crisis in Kwara State.

In a statement by the Media Assistant to the President, Garba
Shehu, the Presidency emphasised that Kukah’s vituperation during
this Easter festive period is very ungodly.

The statement stated that Kukah was playing politics with the
homily he delivered during the Easter Sunday service stressing that
the President Muhammadu Buhari should not be dragged into his
politics.

Garba traced the security challenges facing the nation to the
administration of President Olusegun Obasanjo saying there was no
basis to blame the Buhari’s administration which is less than six
years in office.

“All citizens have their individual ideologies, even their own
versions of truth. But if you profess to being 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 massage.

“But, in saying that the Boko Haram terrorism is worse than it
was in 2015, he did not speak like a man of God,” the statement
explained.

The Presidency urged Kukah to go to Borno or Adamawa to ask the
citizens the difference between 2014 and 2021.

The Presidency added that the Hijab issue in Kwara State on
which Kukah dwelt was a state matter which the courts of the land
had adjudicated.

According to the statement, 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,” the statement added.

It urged the well-meaning citizens to continue to support the
ongoing efforts by the administration to secure the country and
move it forward.

The Presidency last night faulted the submission of The Catholic
Bishop of Sokoto, Father Matthew Kukah over the security situation
in the country and the hijab crisis in Kwara State.

In a statement by the Media Assistant to the President, Garba
Shehu, the Presidency emphasised that Kukah’s vituperation during
this Easter festive period is very ungodly.

The statement stated that Kukah was playing politics with the
homily he delivered during the Easter Sunday service stressing that
the President Muhammadu Buhari should not be dragged into his
politics.

Garba traced the security challenges facing the nation to the
administration of President Olusegun Obasanjo saying there was no
basis to blame the Buhari’s administration which is less than six
years in office.

“All citizens have their individual ideologies, even their own
versions of truth. But if you profess to being 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 massage.

“But, in saying that the Boko Haram terrorism is worse than it
was in 2015, he did not speak like a man of God,” the statement
explained.

The Presidency urged Kukah to go to Borno or Adamawa to ask the
citizens the difference between 2014 and 2021.

The Presidency added that the Hijab issue in Kwara State on
which Kukah dwelt was a state matter which the courts of the land
had adjudicated.

According to the statement, 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,” the statement added.

It urged the well-meaning citizens to continue to support the
ongoing efforts by the administration to secure the country and
move it forward.