The Nigerian government has moved more energetically against Bishop Kukah than against the Muslims who persecute Christians on a more or less daily basis.
“Nigerian bishop who criticized government over Christian persecution called in for questioning: report,” by Jonah McKeown, CNA, January 8, 2022 (thanks to Tom):
A prominent Nigerian bishop has reportedly been ordered in for questioning by a state security agency, after the prelate criticized Nigeria’s government for complicity in the face of kidnappings and other persecution of the country’s Christians.
Bishop Matthew Kukah, who leads the Sokoto diocese in Nigeria’s northwestern corner, released a Christmas message in which he said the government, led by president Muhammadu Buhari, seems to have left the fate of Nigerians in the hands of “evil men.”
Kukah decried the fact that over 100 girls abducted by the Islamic terrorist group Boko Haram have yet to be found, as well as “hundreds of other children whose captures were less dramatic,” ACI Africa, CNA’s news partner, reported Dec. 28.
“Now, we are fully in the grip of evil. Today, a feeling of vindication only saddens me as I have watched the north break into a cacophony of quarrelsome blame games over our tragic situation,” Bishop Kukah wrote.
He continued, “A catalogue of unprecedented cruelty has been unleashed on innocent citizens across the Northern states. In their sleep, on their farmlands, in their markets, or even on the highway, innocent citizens have been mowed down and turned into burnt offerings to gods of evil.”
Despite this not being the first time Kukah has spoken publicly against the government, the SSS, a federal secret police, reportedly took notice of his remarks and ordered him to present himself for questioning, according to a source cited by the People’s Gazette….
mortimer says
Bishop Matthew Kukah confirms what I myself have suspected for the last 20 years: namely, that the government of Nigeria is doing nothing about the jihadic genocide against Christians, because they benefit somehow from it. The government departments must also be infiltrated with Islamists who see nothing wrong and everything right about killing and ethnically cleansing dirty kufaar. When terrorist plan attacks, the police wait until after the attacks to respond and arrive after the victims have been murdered and maimed and their homes and churches burnt.
There are a war going on between Muslims and modernity in Nigeria. The most visible part of this modernity is that Muslims are becoming educated and joining churches, believing that that is the way for their lives to become modern and productive.
Islam is seen more and more to be backward and stagnant, and that is realistic, because Islam genuinely is backward and stagnant. Everyone knows this.
Check Burry says
Called in, and was never seen again.
I hope not!
Where is BLM on this hey.
Westman says
Nigeria is likely, unrecoverable, from Islamic terror.
It recognizes Shariah Courts at both state and federal level in its Constitution. Any nation which does that has created an internal parallel nation which will ignore secular laws, wherever possible, and from which groups will spring to carry out any actions permitted under Shariah.
How many jihad groups exist in the world, a hundred, more? And they all claim Islamic law and the Quran as their authority.
Nolan McFadden says
To say that Nigerian Muslim president Buhari is complicit in Muslim persecution of Christians in Nigeria is an understatement. If Buhari is a true Muslim who believes the teachings of the Koran, he believes in Islamic jihad against Christians and Jews. God bless Bishop Kukah for pointing out the evils of the Buhari regime.
Ade Fegan says
Now this guy’s a saint
GreekEmpress says
And where is Pope Francis? It will be interesting to see if he weighs in in this matter.
(Not holding my breath.)
gravenimage says
Nigeria: Bishop accuses government of complicity in Muslim persecution of Christians, is called in for questioning
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Proving Bishop Matthew Kukah right. I pray this poor man is able to stay safe.
Linde Barrera says
Everyone needs to pray that Muslims in Nigeria are converted to Jesus Christ by the Holy Spirit. + The killing of anyone just because they believe a certain religion is barbaric. Lastly, why don’t Muslims see the aspect of narcissism in Islam? I would love to know the answer to that one.