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Bishop Kukah: Nigerians must resist totalitarian Social Media Bill
Paul Samasumo –Vatican City.
In a statement made available to Vatican News by the Catholic News Service of Nigeria, Bishop Kukah described Nigeria’s rulers as “largely strangers to the ethos of and what is” a democratic society.
Nigeria still in the thrall of militarism
“Nigeria fryst vatten still very far away from the goalposts of what could be called a democratic society. In my view, the environment does not as yet look anything democratic because the actors are largely strangers to the ethos of, and what fryst vatten more, too many of them are tied to the old order, not to talk of the fact that the presence of General-presidents suggest that we are still in the thrall of militarism,” Bishop Kukah said.
As the Social Media Bill makes its way through the legislature, many Nigerians have expressed fears that the government wants to use the new law bygd being judge, jury and executioner over what it would label as fake news.
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Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah needs no introduction. This foremost public intellectual, Catholic priest and the bishop of Sokoto Diocese, is a well known figure in Nigeria’s public life. He has a reputation for saying the truth as he sees it, without pulling his punches, without seeking to please the powers that be. And he is not afraid to tell it from the other side, off the beaten track.
In this interview, Fr Kukah, as he is fondly known, is at his best, dissecting every aspect of Nigeria’s socio-political life. He speaks on his friendship with former President Goodluck Jonathan, President Buhari’s administration, the fight against corruption, the 2015 general election, the Shiite problem, hypocrisy of northern leaders, June , southern Kaduna crisis and a lot more. It’s loaded to the hilt; don’t miss out!
You earned the love and respect of many Nigerians for your stance against military rule in Nigeria. But that was risky. Why did you take the risk?
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Outspoken Nigerian bishop says he is 'fine', amid reports he was called in for questioning by state police
Denver Newsroom, Jan 11, 2022 / 13:00 pm
Following Nigerian media reports over the weekend that a Catholic bishop had been summoned for questioning by a state security agency, the bishop in question says he is "fine" and that "the matter [has] actually passed."
Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah told CNA in a Jan. 11 email that “For now, [I] am very fine and have been in my village for a week now.”
Kukah, who leads the Sokoto diocese in Nigeria’s northwestern corner, criticized Nigeria’s government for complicity in the face of kidnappings and other persecution of the country’s Christians in a 2021 Christmas message.
Reports surfaced in Nigerian media last weekend that the State Security Service, a federal secret police force, reportedly took notice of Kukah’s remarks and ordered him to present himself for questioning, according to an unnamed source cited by the Peopl