Kukah: Group Asks Kukah to Leave Caliphate

The Muslim Solidarity Forum, Sokoto, has asked the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Rev. Fr. Mathew Hassan Kukah to quickly and quietly leave the Caliphate.

This was made known in a press release made available to newsmen on Tuesday, the acting Chairman of MSF, Professor Isa Maishanu, was reacting to Kukah’s Christmas message, and stated that Kukah was trying to break the age-long peaceful coexistence between the predominantly Muslim population and their Christian guests with his callous statement.

MSF also asked Kukah to tender an unreserved apology to the Muslim Ummah and also called on Muslim leaders, who out of magnanimity had been showing goodwill to Bishop Kukah, to realise that he was taking their kindness for granted and that he (Kukah) did not appreciate the gesture, rather he fiercely attack them at any given opportunity.

According to the statement, “In February 2020, he (Kukah) shamelessly staged a demonstration in the heart of Sokoto over the killing of a single Christian priest, presumably, by the Boko Haram insurgents, but did not consider hundreds of Muslims, Fulani herders that were mercilessly killed by the Christian militia in Taraba state in 2018.”

The statement went further to asked the fiery clergy what he thought would happen if the peace-loving Muslims of the seat of Caliphate, responded to his incessant provocative attacks on them and their religion like what happened in Kafanchan 1987, Zango Kataf 1992, Tafawa Balewa in 1991, 1993, 1995 and 2001, Yelwa Shandam 2004, Zonkwa and Jarkasa in 2011?”

Reacting, the Chairman of CAN in Kaduna State and its National Vice Chairman (19 Northern States and Abuja), Rev. Joseph John Hayab, and Executive Director of FJPD, Kwamkur Samuel, said the Christian Association of Nigeria and the Foundation for Justice Peace Development faulted the quit notice served Bishop Kukah by the forum.

Source: Punch