Buhari Breaches Constitution –  Kukah; Accuses His Government Of Nepotism

By Akinwale Kasali

President Muhammadu Buhari has been accused of breaching Nigeria’s Constitution which he swore to uphold.

The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, His Lordship, Matthew Hassan Kukah made the accusation in his 2022 Christmas Message to Nigerians.

Not a few Nigerians of all Faith usually look forward to Kukah’s Easter, Christmas and New Year Messages during which he x-rays the State of the Nation.

His Christmas Message for 2022 was not different. He accused President Muhammadu Buhari of failure in al sectors including economy, security, health and corruption.

Kukah submitted that at the end of Buhari’s tenure on  May 29, 2023, the President would, unfortunately, leave Nigeria worse than was handed over to him in 2015.

He, also, accused Buhari of failing to deliver on all the promises he made in 2015 to Nigerians, and alleged that Mr President practices nepotism. This, Kukah explained, is one aspect of the Constitution which Buhari brazenly breaches.

Bishop Kukah to President Buhari: ‘’It is sad that despite your lofty promises, you are leaving us far more vulnerable than when you came; that the corruption we thought would be fought has become a leviathan, and sadly, a consequence of a Government marked by nepotism.”

Bishop Kukah recalled that in his 2021 Chrismas Message, he accused President Buhari of rubbishing Federal Character as enshrined in the Constitution. One year on, Bishop Kukah sadly opines, nothing has changed.

He said: ‘’In my Christmas message last year, I pointed out the fact that you had breached the Constitution by your failure to honour and adhere to the federal character provisions of our Constitution. The evidence is all before us all.’’

President Buhari will leave office on May 29, 2023. His successor will be elected by Nigerians on February 25, 2023.