Bishop Kukah Warns Buhari’s Administration Is Islamizing Nigeria

Bishop Matthew Hassan, Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, has drawn a damning similarity between the Federal Government and Boko Haram, arguing that they both have an agenda to Islamize Nigeria.

Father Kukah, as fondly called, argues that while Boko Haram is operating with a bomb, the Federal Government is using different methods to achieve the same goal of Islamic dominance.

A Vanguard report quoted him as warning that the Federal Government was fanning the embers of Islamization in Nigeria if more Christians don’t get key appointments, adding that the only reason Nigeria has not seen another civil war is because of the “peaceful tenets”  of Christianity.

According to Kukah, “they are using the levers of power to secure the supremacy of Islam which then gives more weight to the idea that it can be achieved by violence. They have created the conditions to make it possible for Boko Haram to behave the way they are behaving.

“On Boxing Day 2019, ISWAP released a video beheading 10 Christians and shooting one Muslim, saying they were avenging the death of Abu Bakr al-Baghadi, Daesh, ISIS leader, and other senior Daesh members killed during a US raid in October.

“The beheading of the 10 Christians followed a Christmas Eve attack by Boko Haram, in which seven were killed in cold blood, adding that the United Nations estimated that over 2.2 million people have been displaced by Boko Haram’s actions between 2013 and 2015.

“More than 11,000 innocent people were killed by the rampaging Islamist group. The Nigerian government, by packing key government positions with hardline Muslims, gives tacit approval to such groups.

“If the people in power don’t do enough to integrate Christians, then they give oxygen to Islamism. If they have countries where everybody in power is Muslim, then you give vent to the idea that Islam should be supreme.

“The western nations are not doing enough. They have shown that the resources of Africa are more important than the ordinary people.

“Clearly, the Western nations could have reduced the influence of Boko Haram by 80 or 90 percent. They have deliberately not done enough. The only thing preventing Nigeria from being engulfed in civil war is the peaceful tenets of Christianity”.