Bishop of Sokoto Catholic Diocese, Matthew Hassan Kukah, says the Northern Christians are living in fear and their lives have become worthless under President Muhammadu Buhari. <\/p>\n
He said Buhari cannot be wishing Christians merry Christmas while maintaining an indifferent disposition to the plight of many Christians in Northern Nigeria. <\/p>\n
In an interview with ARISE TV on Monday morning, the Catholic cleric condemned incessant attacks on Christians by Islam extremists in the North. <\/p>\n
Speakiny on the trial of the killers of Deborah Samuel, a student murdered and set ablaze by a jihadist in Sokoto over a blasphemy claim, Kukah stated, \u201cThe governor (Aminu Tambuwal) simply announced that these people who did this were going to be tried. How could that provoke young people to go and start destroying the properties of Christians? These things were done openly.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Catholic leader added, \u201cWhen a president (Muhammadu Buhari) wants to wish me happy Christmas, I need to hear him say nobody should lose their lives because somebody stands up somewhere and says he wants to defend his religion. Christians have remained vulnerable. Their businesses remain objects of target practice.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Catholic cleric decried apparent Muslim youths protesting against the arrest of Ms Deborah\u2019s alleged killers for attacking his diocese and destroying properties.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo when people tell me we are wishing you (a) happy Christmas, we need you to walk the talk. Christians living in northern Nigeria are living in fear despite our massive contribution to economic well-being and (and we\u2019re) law-abiding because we don\u2019t know what will happen next,\u201d said Mr Kukah.<\/p>\n
He further lamented that \u201cI\u2019m sitting here in Sokoto. My parishioners are moving out in droves. Everyone is tired.\u201d<\/p>\n
Nigerian police said Ms Deborah\u2019s killer seen in a viral video, is a citizen of the Niger Republic and could not be found. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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