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Bishop Kukah insists there is no persecution of Christians in Nigeria, arguing that genocide is determined by intent, not numbers. He questioned sources claiming widespread church burnings and cited Christian dominance in education and the economy.

Our God is indeed great. When He decides to vindicate you, He does it in the most powerful way. He can use the very same people who spent years lying against you to come out and admit that what they have been saying is not true.

During President Buhari's time, there was hardly any place Bishop didn’t visit to draw the world’s attention with claims that Christians were being persecuted in Nigeria. Today, the same man is going around explaining to the world that Christians are not being persecuted in Nigeria.

I genuinely agree with Bishop Kukah that there is no Christian genocide in Nigeria. That is exactly what we kept telling him years ago, when he was busy travelling across the U.S. and the Western world, presenting Nigeria as a country persecuting Christians during President Buhari’s time. Unfortunately, those same reports he gave then are now being used against us today.

It is good that the Bishop now understands the situation better, that what he thought it was then is not what it actually is.

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Catholic Bishop of Sokoto, Most Revd Matthew Kukah, on Wednesday, said the Federal Government has failed to handle the issue of security which it promised to do before taking over power.

He said this during his virtual presentation to the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission in Washington, DC, on the persecution of Christians in Nigeria by armed extremist groups in the North.

Kukah said the people are yet to see any tangible move towards tackling Nigeria’s insecurity which, according to him, has a religious undertone.


He stated that the people were agitated, adding that there was palpable fear and tension across the country.

The clergy, in his testimony before the US Congress Commission, claimed religious violence against Christians in Nigeria was a recurring experience of many years, but the spate of the attacks has risen steadily in the last 10 years.




According to Bishop Kukah, the extremists target mainly Christian schools in the North, “indoctrinate the children and end up converting the girls to wives, cooks, spies, sexual slaves and so on.

“The story of Leah Sharibu suggests very clearly that there is, in many instances, a relationship between the conditions in which people find themselves and the faith they believe in.”

According to Bishop Kukah, “Last year, 2020, some of our Priests in the North were killed. The extremists kidnapped our children and forcefully converted them to Muslims.


“We have issued statements and called the attention of the government to our plight. We have also reached out to let the government know that we are willing to cooperate towards the greatness of our country.”

The Bishop, who is the Secretary of the National Peace Committee, accused President Muhammadu Buhari of deliberately appointing more people of his ethnicity and faith into political offices.



He said, “The North, even the whole country is invaded by armed bandits, kidnappers, etc who attack communities at will. The fact that the government seems to be either helpless or uninterested in dealing decisively with these people has added more confusion.

“And the contradiction here is that the President has blatantly pursued nepotistic and policies that show very clearly his preferences for men and women of his faith.”

The Bishop of Sokoto Diocese also said “for the first time in Nigeria the people heading three arms of government; the President, Senate President Speaker, and Chief Justice are all Muslims. These are all fine gentlemen, but that is not the point. The level of between Christians and Muslims has been exacerbated. This kind of situation has never happened before.


“What is significant here is that we are in a democracy; with weak structures, and institutions. These are existential issues. So, we require practical assistance that can help us and our children.”


https://www.vanguardngr.com/2021/07/kukah-to-us-congress-fg-helpless-uninterested-in-dealing-decisively-with-bandits-insurgents/amp/

Bishop Kukah insists there is no persecution of Christians in Nigeria, arguing that genocide is determined by intent, not numbers.

ALTERNATEID:
So what is Bashir Ahmed trying to say? When Buhari was the president, did he agree that there was Christian genocide in Nigeria? So, why is he angry that Father Kukah has refused to accept the Christian genocide claim? Is that not hypocrisy on his part?

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I genuinely agree with Bishop Kukah that there is no Christian genocide in Nigeria. That is exactly what we kept telling him years ago, when he was busy travelling across the U.S. and the Western world, presenting Nigeria as a country persecuting Christians during President Buhari’s time. Unfortunately, those same reports he gave then are now being used against us today.

It is good that the Bishop now understands the situation better, that what he thought it was then is not what it actually is.
https://x.com/BashirAhmaad/status/1995062030479270186?[/quote]Is Bashir Ahmed trying to say that the persecution is carried out by Nigeria or the Islamic terrorists among them? So, what's the essence of using the "Nigeria" as he posited. He should know that both Christians and moderate Muslims are a target of Islamic terrorism in Nigeria as whole.

YourNextLevel:
Am loving it.

That Bishop has disgraced himself and giving him a VC spot

This dude Rev. Ezekiel Dachomo is slowly unveiling his political mission.

The Christian Genocide is now becoming a “Political Genocide”. pic.twitter.com/EyKquc5hYP

— High Chief Lawrence Igbins Okoro (@HighChiefOkoro) December 1, 2025

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https://x.com/BashirAhmaad/status/1995062030479270186?[/quote]Is it three weeks already or you decided to unblock me? Hehehe 😂

Akwamkpuruamu:
What a great shame to Bishop Kukah. He sold his birthright for Ebola portage. Now Bashir is mocking him.