Incensed by Bishop Matthew Kukah’s comment comparing the Federal Government with Boko Haram, the Government has urged him not to indulge in actions that are capable of dividing the country along religious lines.
Rather he should use his high ecclesiastical office to work for religious harmony in Nigeria.
Information and Culture Minister, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said the statement credited to Bishop Kukah comparing the Federal Government with Boko Haram, “is not only disingenuous, but also a great disservice” to the men and women in uniform who are daily battling the Boko Haram and ISWAP terrorists to keep all Nigerians safe.
The Minister reiterated the federal government’s position that the Boko Haram and ISWAP terrorists do not subscribe to any religion, irrespective of their pretense to such, but are driven by their primitive propensity to kill mindlessly and destroy without restrain, irrespective of their victims’ creed, gender or tribe.
”To now attribute the actions of these mad bunch to an orchestrated and systematic plan to elevate one religion over the other or decimate adherents of a particular religion is not only unfortunate but divisive, incendiary and insensitive,” he said in a statement iin Abuja on Friday.
The statement was signed by Mr Segun Adeyemi, the Special Assistant To The President (Media), Office of the Minister of Information and Culture.
Mohammed urged religious leaders to be more circumspect in their comments, especially on religious issues, because of the deeply emotive nature of religion and the tendency for it to be exploited for political gains by naysayers.
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