The Federal Government said the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Dr. Matthew Kukah, was on a mission to mobilise for the removal of President Muhammadu Buhari through the backdoor.
Kukah had launched a diatribe against Buhari accusing him of nepotism and sacrificing national interest at the altar of that of the north and went on to alleged that if the President was not in power, there would have been coup in his Christmas message.
The vitriol has drawn caustic remark from the federal government with the Information and Culture Minister, Lai Mohammed hitting back in a statement he released.
Mohammed accused the cleric of instigating regime change outside the ballot box and making an open call to anarchy.
“It is particularly graceless and impious for any religious leader to use the period of Christmas, which is a season of peace, to stoke the embers of hatred, sectarian strife and national disunity.
”Calling for a violent overthrow of a democratically-elected government, no matter how disguised such a call is, and casting a particular religion as violent is not what any religious leader should engage in, and certainly not in a season of peace.
“Instigating regime change outside the ballot box is not only unconstitutional but also an open call to anarchy.
“While some religious leaders, being human, may not be able to disguise their national leadership preference, they should refrain from stigmatising the leader they have never supported anyway, using well-worn and disproved allegations of nepotism or whatever,” the minister said.
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