Presidency Attacks Kukah Over Easter Sermon, Tells Cleric To Avoid Politics

The presidency has attacked an influential Catholic cleric over his recent Easter Sermon.

The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Matthew Kukah had during the sermon said the country is broken down while also accusing President Muhammadu Buhari of allowing corruption under his watch.

Reacting through his official Twitter handle on Tuesday, the president’s spokesperson, Garba Shehu said the cleric’s hatred for Buhari has beclouded his judgment and also said Kukah has no business in politics.

He accused Kukah of using his pulpit to preach hatred, digressing from the teachings of Christ.

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His words, “We are surprised- so too are many others- that the Catholic Bishop of the Diocese of Sokoto, Matthew Kukah, could still find the time for a lengthy homily on his usual target, Muhammadu Buhari, the President of Nigeria.

“For a man who has been spreading hate for decades, nothing new in the homily, except for the fact that while millions of Christians were remembering the Lord’s crucifixion on Friday, His descent on Saturday, His resurrection on Sunday, and subsequent appearance to his disciples.

“Bishop Matthew Kukah was playing politics. From his pulpit he devoted his Easter message not to Christ’s death and rebirth so Man might be saved – but to damning the government in the most un-Christian terms.”

He continued that Nigerians have expressed their love for the president twice at the ballot box stating that Kukah’s “abuse of office cannot sway Nigerians”.

“We respectfully ask Bishop Kukah to leave government to the voters and the politicians they elect, while he concentrates on his job, as it is expressed in James 1:27: ‘Religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father, is this: to visit orphans and widows in their’.”