{"id":123221,"date":"2025-10-24T17:02:31","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T16:02:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=123221"},"modified":"2025-10-24T17:02:31","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T16:02:31","slug":"ichabod-outrage-as-bishop-kukah-accused-of-turning-his-back-on-persecuted-christians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/ichabod-outrage-as-bishop-kukah-accused-of-turning-his-back-on-persecuted-christians\/","title":{"rendered":"Ichabod: Outrage as Bishop Kukah Accused of Turning His Back on Persecuted Christians"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">By Oscar Okhifo<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Outrage has trailed comments by the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Most Rev Dr. Matthew Hassan Kukah, urging the international community not to classify Nigeria as a country of particular concern over religious freedom violations.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Many Nigerians say the cleric has abandoned the victims he once defended.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bishop Kukah is facing mounting criticism over what many Nigerians describe as a shocking departure from his long-held stance on religious persecution in the country.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The controversy erupted after the outspoken cleric urged the international community not to re-designate Nigeria as a \u201cCountry of Particular Concern\u201d (CPC) over alleged violations of religious freedom.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bishop Kukah argued that such a designation would harm interfaith dialogue and worsen Nigeria\u2019s fragile peace.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cWe are not dealing with people going around wielding machetes to kill me because I am a Christian,\u201d Kukah said.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cI live and work in Sokoto, right in the womb of Islam, where collaboration between Christians and Muslims remains possible.\u201d<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The statement has, however, drawn widespread outrage from sections of the Christian community, civil rights advocates, and ordinary Nigerians who accuse the bishop of turning his back on victims of religious violence he once passionately defended.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cWhen a once very sane and respected Catholic bishop turns turncoat, he should expect a sea of backlash,\u201d one aggrieved Catholic faithful said.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Another critic, Mr. Paul, expressed disbelief over Kukah\u2019s remarks.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThe number of Catholic priests killed in Benue, in his home state of Kaduna, the number of seminarians attacked or abducted in the North in the last ten years ought to have guided the Bishop,\u201d he said.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A Christian who requested anonymity was even more scathing.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cWho doesn\u2019t know about the tragic persecutions of Christians in the North? Even those who kidnapped and killed Catholic priests in Edo came from a certain part of the country and practice a certain religion. Some seminarians are still in captivity in Edo North.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;If the Nigerian government is playing politics with this, America should help us! The persecutions are too much,\u201d he lamented.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Another Catholic faithful described Kukah\u2019s recent position as a \u201cbetrayal of the faith.\u201d<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThe number of Christians slaughtered in cold blood in Plateau, Benue, Southern Kaduna, Borno, Sokoto, and other parts of Nigeria ought to make him circumspect. I have lost my respect for him,\u201d the source said.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Across social media, radio talk shows, and church gatherings, critics argue that Kukah\u2019s new tone amounts to a betrayal of his earlier prophetic voice, one that for years, condemned the unchecked killings of Christians and clergy in northern Nigeria.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">They recall how the Bishop once lamented that \u201ckilling Christians is the only crime not punished in Nigeria\u201d, and wonder why he now appears to defend the same government\u2019s inaction.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Some have gone further to accuse him of aligning with political interests while some are of the<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0the opinion that &#8220;the glory of the Bishop has departed,\u201d<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cHe should just join the ruling party. He talks about interfaith dialogue, but how has that mitigated\u00a0 the violence against his brethren? They are always stooges of every government in power.\u201d<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Another respondent added,<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cWe urge him to formally join the ruling party since he now seems to defend their failures. He now sees nothing wrong with those who shield the killers and even\u00a0 aid and abet\u00a0 the killers of Christians in Nigeria.\u201d<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">While the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) praised Kukah\u2019s statement as a balanced reflection of Nigeria\u2019s complex reality, several Christian groups insist that his comments undermine ongoing efforts to secure international pressure on the government to address religious persecution.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">They maintain that killings of priests, burning of churches, and displacement of Christian communities in Benue, Plateau, and Southern Kaduna remain frequent realities.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Analysts say Kukah\u2019s evolving rhetoric underscores a deeper divide within Nigeria\u2019s faith community.\u00a0 Between those who advocate diplomatic caution and those who insist that only global accountability can halt the bloodshed.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Whether viewed as a peacemaker or a backslider, Bishop Kukah\u2019s recent remarks have stirred one of the fiercest debates in recent memory, forcing many to ask:<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Has the revered cleric abandoned his moral compass\u00a0 or is he simply choosing a higher path of reconciliation?<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Whichever way, the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese has unnerved many Christians who believe there are indeed unchecked, organized killings of Christians and attacks on Christian formations and facilities across the country.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Has his glory truly departed? 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