2019 Election: Buhari media organisation demands Bishop Kukuah's resignation

The Buhari Media Organisation, BMO, has demanded the resignation of the Catholic Bishop of the Sokoto State Diocese, Rev. Father Matthew Kukah, from the National Peace Committee, led by former Head of State, General Abdulsalam Abubakar.
The campaign organisation revealed this in a statement by its Chairman, Niyi Akinsiju, and Secretary, Cassidy Madueke, in Abuja.

Buhari and Kukah

Rev. Father Kukah’s sin according to the group was his open display of support for the Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar, despite his claims that it was not a political gathering he intended.

It noted that the Abdulsalam Abubakar-led Committee, is one that should be seen to be non-partisan, because of the role it was meant to play in the run up to the 2019 elections.

BMO said: “We are surprised, like many Nigerians, to see Bishop Kukah in the company of the opposition Candidate, at a reconciliation meeting with former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, and later on claiming to be the strategic mind behind the reconciliation, which we believe was targeted towards bringing the two parties together, to fight the President Buhari administration.

Abdulsalami

“This is not expected of a Clergyman, who is seen in some quarters as the alternate Head of the National Peace Committee.

“He has shown his bias, and as such cannot be trusted to be non-partisan.”

The BMO, dismissed claims by the Catholic Bishop, that he was not aware of the political nature of the gathering, as tales that no one will believe.

“The Clergyman was the key figure behind the reconciliation, and did this knowing that Atiku was a PDP Presidential Candidate.

Bishop Kukuah

“And if it is true that Bishop Kukah is insisting that he was only exercising his right to free movement, we are also demanding that having shown his hand, he has no reason to sit on a Panel that is meant to be non-partisan.”