Bishop Kukah has changed politically, owes Buhari apology – Fr Kelvin

A missionary Catholic priest working in Gambia, Rev. Fr.Kelvin Ugwu, has said that Bishop Matthew Kukah of the Sokoto Diocese hasbecome “politically different” from the outspoken cleric he used to be. Ugwu stated this in a Facebook post on Saturday whilereacting to the recent controversy surrounding Bishop Kukah’s comments onalleged persecution of Christians in Nigeria. According to him, many Nigerians have been cautious inreacting to Kukah’s remarks because of the bishop’s long-standing reputation,but his recent stance shows a shift from his previous principles. “The truth of the matter is that we are tiptoeing on thisissue because the person involved is Bishop Kukah. I bet you, if it wereanother person, I know what we would have written,” Ugwu wrote. “As much as I love Bishop Kukah and have been greatlyinspired by him over the years, I can say that having followed him for a longtime now and having taken time to analyse his ‘then’ and his ‘now’, the Kukahwe have now is a different one politically.” The priest accused Bishop Kukah of failing to apply the samestandards of criticism to the current administration that he used against lateformer President Muhammadu Buhari. “All the things he criticised the previous government for,we are experiencing the worst of them under the present administration. If hewants to start giving this administration some understanding and sympathy, Ithink the best place to begin is to apologise to others for not giving them thesame understanding, especially Buhari. “And even more is the fact that this government came intopower in one of the most rigged elections in Nigeria, with INEC going back ontheir words on the use of BVAS. To me, it doesn’t really matter what Tinubudoes in office, unless we have to suddenly admit that the end now justifies themeans,” Ugwu said.

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