Instigating regime change outside the ballot box is not only unconstitutional but also an open call to anarchy – Lai Mohammed fires back at Bishop Kukah
Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed has fired back at bishop of Sokoto Catholic diocese, Mathew Kukah over his comment about President Buhari.
Recall that the Catholic Bishop who alleged that President Buhari is nepotistic, also averred that there would have been a coup if a non-northern Muslim president tried a fraction of what Buhari did. He accused Buhari of institutionalising northern hegemony by “reducing others in public life to second-class status”.
Reacting to this, Mohammed insinuated that Kukah was instigating regime change outside the ballot box which is not only unconstitutional but also an open call to anarchy.
He added that while religious leaders have a responsibility to speak truth to power, such truth must not come “wrapped in anger, hatred, disunity and religious disharmony”. The Minister further stated that the challenges Nigeria may be going through at this moment can only be tackled when all leaders and indeed all Nigerians come together, not when some people “arrogantly” engage in name-calling and finger-pointing.
The statement read;
“The Federal Government has urged religious leaders in the country to refrain from stoking the embers of hatred and disunity, warning that resorting to scorched-earth rhetoric at this time could trigger unintended consequences.
“It is particularly graceless and impious for any religious leader to use the period of Christmas, which is a season of peace, to stoke the embers of hatred, sectarian strife and national disunity.
”Calling for a violent overthrow of a democratically-elected government, no matter how disguised such a call is, and casting a particular religion as violent is not what any religious leader should engage in, and certainly not in a season of peace.
“Instigating regime change outside the ballot box is not only unconstitutional but also an open call to anarchy.
“While some religious leaders, being human, may not be able to disguise their national leadership preference, they should refrain from stigmatizing the leader they have never supported anyway, using well-worn and disproved allegations of nepotism or whatever.”
It’s not a matter of stigmatization but rather saying the truth. What we (Nigerians) are facing presently is unbearable in term of hardship and insecurity. If he didn’t say it, who else we say it.
Our leaders do not want the truth and they are not ready to face the reality, once we are not on the same page in religion aspect definitely, not everyone of us will like or vote for you, then what do you mean by he didn’t support you that nonsense.
Is he not one of those you are governing in the country? Why would you ask him not to talk about the he is? You don’t need to condemn anyone that speaks about your ill attitude rather make amendment.
Why always lie Muhammed? You may not want anybody to speak about your bad policy which is not possible. We keep mute on what it’s not good.
The real work of this government is to be dealing people who have divergent views
Any thing you say against this government, they will look for a way to start molesting you
Why this man always comes in defense of buhari and his administration….. All what this bishop said was the truth and the citizens too can testify to it so stop defending him but let him come and defend himself…..
This man called lai Muhammad is the most useless man in the world, how can a someone be behaving like this…. just like a mad person. Ingact he is a disgrace to apc and Nigerian entirely. Useless human being.