The Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Dr. Matthew Kukah, delivering a keynote speech at the 60th anniversary of Aare Afe Babalola on his call to bar in Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State, on Monday, decried that Nigeria is sharing its sovereignty which is guaranteed in the constitution with bandits and other terrorists. The Bishop berated failed leadership of the country for the insecurity crisis.
According to the Catholic Bishop, “nobody is excited now about being a Nigerian even if they are President or Senators, as the country is literally being held hostage by people who threaten the very existence of our democracy and country”.

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Bishop Kukah stated that many Nigerians have lost faith in the judiciary, noting that, though, he considers the judiciary a victim the same way every other institutions in Nigeria are encountering crisis of autonomy.

Kukah cautioned: “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.”

He advocated that it is time to rebuild the country, no matter what happens at the Supreme Court concerning the election. He expressed optimism that that Nigerians have put the “ugly past” behind them.

Kukah berated former President Muhammadu Buhari, saying that corruption was worse in the Buhari administration.

Bishop Kukah had declared: “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 talking 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.”