A missionary Catholic priest working in Gambia, Rev. Fr. Kelvin Ugwu, claimed that Bishop Matthew Kukah of the Sokoto Diocese is no longer as outspoken as he once was.
Speaking via a Facebook post on Saturday, Ugwu stated that Kukah is no longer the same cleric he used to know.
He was reacting to the recent controversy surrounding Kukah’s comments on the alleged persecution of Christians in Nigeria.
According to him, Kukah has failed to apply the same standards of criticism to the current administration that he used against the late former President Muhammadu Buhari.
“The truth of the matter is that we are tiptoeing on this issue because the person involved is Bishop Kukah. I bet you, if it were another person, I know what we would have written.
“As much as I love Bishop Kukah and have been greatly inspired by him over the years, I can say that having followed him for a long time now and having taken time to analyse his ‘then’ and his ‘now’, the Kukah we have now is a different one politically,” Ugwu wrote.
The priest accused Bishop Kukah of failing to apply the same standards of criticism to the current administration that he used against the late former President Muhammadu Buhari.
“All the things he criticised the previous government for, we are experiencing the worst of them under the present administration. If he wants to start giving this administration some understanding and sympathy, I think the best place to begin is to apologise to others for not giving them the same understanding, especially Buhari.
“And even more is the fact that this government came into power in one of the most rigged elections in Nigeria, with INEC going back on their words on the use of BVAS. To me, it doesn’t really matter what Tinubu does in office, unless we have to suddenly admit that the end now justifies the means,” Ugwu said.
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