Kukah doubles down on attack on Buhari, says “even his wife has also disagreed with his policies”

By our reporter| Controversial Catholic bishop of Sokoto diocese, Matthew Hassan on Tuesday said there is nothing new about his criticism of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration, noting that even the President’s wife disagrees with his policies.

He also explained that his attacks on the President is not personal.

Kukah had in his Easter sermon, said that Buhari has destroyed everything in the country except corruption, and warned that Nigeria must be reclaimed from its impending slide to anarchy.

Presidential spokesperson, Garba Shehu in his response to the cleric, accused him of always spreading hate against President Buhari.

“For a man who has been spreading hate for decades, nothing new in the homily, except for the fact that while millions of Christians were remembering the Lord’s crucifixion on Friday, His descent on Saturday, His resurrection on Sunday, and subsequent appearance to his disciples, Bishop Matthew Kukah was playing politics,” Shehu had said.

But responding to Shehu while speaking with Arise TV on Tuesday, Kukah refused to back down from his criticism of Buhari, insisting he has done “a bad job” as president.

According to Kukah, “even his wife has also disagreed with his policies”.

“All those saying I attacked the president, I have never attacked his person. All I have spoken about is his inability to manage diversities effectively and efficiently. I have studied diversity as a subject, and I know what I am talking about,” the bishop said.

“Those who think these things are personal would see that I have never talked about his person or character; I believe he is a gentleman, but as far as being the president is concerned, he has done a bad job. I’m not the first person to disagree with Buhari’s policies, even his wife has done so.

“So, those guys should not sit in their air-conditioned office drinking coffee and think everything is honky-donkey. Let them disagree with the text of my message.

“Let me set the record straight, I delivered my sermon to my congregation and the message. The bearers of the message are directed primarily to the good people of Sokoto diocese.

“The president knows that I have great respect for him, and he is a gentleman, but he has done a terribly bad job as the president of Nigeria.

“There is nothing I am saying that is new, all the pastors who preached yesterday during the Easter service said the same thing. Tell me one thing about the message that I preached that you disagree with, and let’s discuss.”