{"id":61359,"date":"2021-07-22T15:04:02","date_gmt":"2021-07-22T14:04:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=61359"},"modified":"2021-07-22T15:04:02","modified_gmt":"2021-07-22T14:04:02","slug":"criticism-not-a-crime-catholic-bishops-speaks-on-kukahs-comments-on-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/07\/22\/criticism-not-a-crime-catholic-bishops-speaks-on-kukahs-comments-on-nigeria\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Criticism NOT a crime&#8221; &#8211; Catholic bishops speaks on Kukah&#8217;s comments on Nigeria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Catholic Bishops of Ibadan Ecclesiastical Province has stated that they support the statement of Matthew Kukah, Catholic bishop of Sokoto diocese to the United States congress.<\/p>\n<p>Bishop Kukah in his address to a United States congress committee had accused President Muhammadu Buhari of<span class=\"s1\">\u00a0showing preference to people of his religion, which according to him, has worsened the level of rivalry between Christians and Muslims.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Kukah came under fire from the presidency who accused him of trying to sow discord and strife among <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/07\/20\/my-commitment-to-lift-100m-nigerians-out-of-poverty-is-realisable-buhari\/\">Nigerians<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">But in a communique after a meeting on Wednesday, the bishops from Ibadan Archdiocese, Ilorin, Ondo, Oyo, Ekiti, and Osogbo dioceses, expressed their support for Kukah\u2019s statement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cBishop Kukah, in his patriotic and frank presentation, called attention to some verifiable data and statistics about the Nigerian situation on that privileged international platform. He spoke for authentic Christians and Muslims who are under persecution. No doubt, he intended to solicit the support of that forum which many Nigerians believe holds the promise of some assistance and relief from our current national crises,\u201d they said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cThe Federal Government however has characteristically gone up in arms against the person of Bishop Kukah and his purpose. It is commonly said that when there is a problem in a democracy, more democracy is needed to solve it. Sadly enough, our current federal government does not seem to subscribe to this.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cFor the sake of our democracy, that right, exercised with responsibility, must be protected. We support Bishop Kukah in his effort to unveil the truth about the Nigerian situation in order to ameliorate things. We call on the Nigerian government to learn not to see criticism as an attack or a crime.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">They also expressed the church\u2019s displeasure with the attack on the media by the national assembly.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cWe declare again, as we have done often in the past, that only the truth can set us free,\u201d they said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cThe attempt of the Nigerian National Assembly to silence the press and penalise journalists for merely doing their job is to be completely rejected.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cWe hold that the freedom of expression is a fundamental human right, guaranteed by the constitution and cannot be alienated by any government least of all in a democracy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor the sake of our democracy, that right exercised with responsibility, must be protected.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Catholic Bishops of Ibadan Ecclesiastical Province has stated that they support the statement of Matthew Kukah, Catholic bishop of Sokoto diocese to the United States congress. 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