Arewa Youths Call For Arrest Of Bishop Kukah |The Source

By Akinwale Kasali

The Arewa Youth Consultative Forum, AYCF, has called for the immediate arrest of Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah over his allegation nepotism against  the President Muhammadu Buhari administration.

The AYCF also called for Bishop Kukah’s prosecution for what it called his “treasonable felony against the Nigerian state.”

It would be recalled that while delivering his Christmas message, Bishop Kukah had alleged that President Muhammadu Buhari’s acts of nepotism could have led to a coup if he was a non-northern Muslim.

In a Statement issued Monday by the  AYCF National President, Yerima Shettima, the Group condemned Bishop Kukah’s use of nepotism as a weapon of calumny against the Government and people of Nigeria.

The Group called on the Federal Government to place Bishop Kukah on a watchlist for this open attempt to “set the South against the North in order to destabilize our country and further complicate matters.”

Shettima stressed that it took exception to  “Kukah’s latest role in devil’s advocacy, as the North struggles to restore peace and enduring security in the region and indeed Nigeria.”

The statement noted that “such a reckless statement by Kukah betrays something much more sinister against both the North and the nation as a whole because Nigeria is at a stage that it requires responsible advice for attaining peace and stability, not deliberate attempt to mischievously compound our problems”.

“If Kukah wants to play politics, he should not do so in the pulpit and he should keep the Bishop’s office aside and chose any Nigerian political party platform to contest President in 2023 and stop all the pretences,” the statement added.

“The statement reminded Kukah of the rough road tread by democracy heroes to rid the nation of military dictatorship at a time when he was nowhere in sight.

“We will not allow opportunists who did make any contribution to scuttle the democracy achieved through the our sweat and toil and the sacrifice of our liberty,” Shettima said in the statement.

The Catholic Bishops’ Association, and several other associations and people are, however, standing rock solid behind Kukah.