The Minister of Information and
Culture, Lai Mohammed, on Friday, cautioned the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto
Diocese, Most Rev. Matthew Hassan Kukah, to use his high ecclesiastical office
to work for religious harmony in Nigeria, rather than indulge in actions that
are capable of dividing the country along religious lines.
Mohammed spoke in reaction to
Kukah’s claim that the Federal government was using different methods to
achieve the goal of Islamic dominance in Nigeria.
Kukah had alleged that the
Federal Government was fanning the embers of Islamization in Nigeria, adding
that there was no difference between the current Federal Government and Boko
Haram.
However, the Minister said the
statement credited to Bishop Kukah, in which he compared the Federal Government
with Boko Haram was not only disingenuous but also 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.
The Minister stated this in a
statement signed and sent by his Media Aide, Segun Adeyemi.
Mohammed reiterated the federal
government’s position that Boko Haram and ISWAP terrorists do not subscribe to
any religion, irrespective of their pretense to such, “but are driven by their
primitive propensity to kill mindlessly and destroy without restrain,
irrespective of their victims’ creed, gender or tribe.”
”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.
Mohammed also appealed to
religious leaders to be more circumspect in their comments, especially on
religious issues, because of the deeply emotive nature of religion and the
tendency for it to be exploited for political gains by naysayers.
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