Olusegun Bamgbose, a chieftain of the New Nigerian Peoples Party, NNPP, has described the current administration of President Muhammadu Buhari as almost dead and warned against vilifying Bishop Matthew Kukah.
Bishop Kukah of the Sokoto Archdiocese of the Catholic Church, had in his Christmas message to Nigerians, raised a lot of concerns about the President Muhammadu Buhari government.
And his statement has since generated a lot of controversies, contributions, and crisis with the Presidency reacting sharply against what Bamgbose described as historic and heroic address.
According to the 2023 presidential hopeful, there comes a time when the government should be confronted with nothing but the bitter truth.
He said that Reverend Kukah’s speech was an awakening message delivered at the most appropriate time and venue.
“It’s only an unpatriotic citizen that will keep quiet when his country is on fire. The highly referred Kukah has spoken the minds of many hapless Nigerians,” Bamgbose, a Nigerian frontline lawyer said.
“He is indeed an Apostle of truth. He is not only brave, but very blunt. This government is in a coma, almost dead.
“How would a father be quiet when his children are being killed almost on daily basis.
“Attacking Reverend Kukah is not the solution, the way out is to carefully and critically appraise the points raised by him and come up with pragmatic ways of addressing the issues.
“No one should think of harming him for being the voice of the voiceless. Truth can be confronted, but cannot be crushed.
“I wonder what would have been the reaction of Buhari if Jonathan’s regime had won him in 2015 and the state of the nation is like this.
“Reverend Kukah should not be seen as a trouble maker, but a nation builder. I doubt if there is any Nigerian who would accuse IBB, Yaradua and Obasanjo as being nepotistic. They were detribalised. They were nationalists.
“Buhari has not deemed it noble to follow their footsteps. This is so sad and unfortunate.
“The Reverend should receive accolades, not attacks. No one should think of harming him for stating the obvious. The comatose administration of Buhari should wake,” he stated.
Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, on Thursday claimed that his Eastern Security Network, ESN, will operate without the support of Southeast governors.
Kanu said ESN revolved around the people and not Southeast governors or politicians.
The IPOB leader made the claims while dismissing Southeast governors who distanced themselves from the security outfit.
Kanu maintained that the position of the governors was of no significance to the operations of the outfit.
He spoke through the Publicity Secretary of IPOB, Emma Powerful.
A statement by Powerful reads partly: “Now that the southeast govs have distanced themselves from the eastern security network, how can it work successfully without their support?
“We never expected the governors to support Eastern Security Network. The governors are part of our problem because of their selfish interests. They are the ones benefitting under the current one Nigeria slavery.
“But the truth remains that their dissociation from the security outfit is of no significance or consequence. ESN is the people’s movement. It doesn’t revolve around any governor or misguided political criminal masquerading as an elite.
“ESN is formidable, and can effectively operate without the involvement of any governor. The security outfit will flourish without the support of the governors in our land. I don’t think we can trust them. IPOB is the largest mass movement on the face of the earth. What would make it possible for any sane mind to think that a bunch of criminals numbering a total of 11 will stop such a global phenomenon even with the help of their Janjaweed masters in the Sahel.”