Bishop of Catholic Diocese of
Sokoto, Bishop Mathew Kukah, has said the ‘Third Force’ coalition, being
promoted by ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo, will not help the development of
Nigerian politics and democracy.
According to him, the problems
plaguing Nigeria would not be fixed merely by removing President Muhammadu
Buhari and bringing another leader to replace him.
Kukah made this known in Abuja on
Thursday in a chat with select journalists on some burning national issues.
He said creating a new platform
because of the perceived inefficiencies of the president government will only
create new enemies which will further divide the country along ethnic and
religious lines.
He said: “on the raging coalition
movement I believe everyone here is married. If every time you have problem in
your marriage you go ahead to marry a new wife, how many wives will you end up
marrying? The solution to bad marriage is not a new marriage. I am talking as a
Catholic priest.
“The problem with the APC is that
it is a coalition and that is why it is falling apart. I saw Obasanjo putting
down his signature for the coalition. We have seen so much coalitions.
“If you are unhappy with your
party members or have failed elections and the next thing is to form a
coalition, that won’t help our politics or democracy. We need to be
introspective because every time we create new platform we create new enemy
lines.
“We are not going to fix this
country by removing one president or the other.
“Prior to the 2015, so much hate
speeches, invectives were uploaded in our media, causing so much inter-ethnic,
religious and regional ill-feelings. But those issues preceding or surrounding
last elections, especially at the twilight of the 2015 elections are still much
with us.
“What is appropriate was for the
2015 post-regime to provide balm and ways to heal us of the agony of those
injuries, burns and maladies of hateful campaigns. That was not to be, rather
more and more of those issues were left to fester, replicate and multiply by
the invidious politics and actions of the day.
“As such, we are getting far more
divided now than before, and that tragedy needs to be arrested.”
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Will Buhari stay in office for ever? Father Kuka, your view is fallacious. Are saying that no more parties should be formed in Nigeria? Are you against the coalition because of the personalities involved in its formation? Your marriage analogy is dead on arrival because there are people who are never married. Nigeria needs find a way to address her problems; that much is clear.
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