The Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Matthew Kukah, has expressed worry that Nigeria is sharing its sovereignty guaranteed in the constitution with bandits and other terrorists.
On Monday, Kukah said this while delivering a keynote speech at the 60th call to bar anniversary celebration of legal icon Aare Afe Babalola in Ado Ekiti, the capital of Ekiti State.
The clergyman explained that nobody is excited now about being a Nigerian, even if they are President or Senators, as the country is being held hostage by people who threaten the very existence of our democracy and country.
According to him, Nigeria should not yet assume that it is a democracy but instead assume that it is matching towards democracy, which means rebuilding Nigeria “after the kind of mess the last administration has left the country.”
The Bishop said it is time to rebuild the country, adding that no matter what happens at the Supreme Court concerning the election, he is convinced that Nigerians have put the “ugly past” behind them.
Kukah also noted that Nigerians witnessed the worst phase of corruption under the last administration led by President Muhammadu Buhari.
He maintained that although corruption did not start under the last administration, they amplified it in moral, financial and other terms.
His words:
“We have seen the worst phase of corruption in Nigeria. Femi Falana, my friend here, will speak about that because he has published a series of articles about what happened under the Buhari administration.
“They were not the ones who caused corruption, but I think in the last administration, we saw the ugliest phase of corruption whether in moral terms, financial terms and other terms.”
