The Catholic Bishop of the Sokoto diocese, Matthew Kukah, has slammed the Federal Government over its lack of empathy and concern towards the predicament of the people they are governing.
Kukah made this statement at the burial of Rev. Fr. Alphonsus Bello, which held at Our Lady of Apostle Catholic Church Independence Way, Kaduna, on Wednesday.
According to the cleric, the politicians have no empathy nor blood in their hearts due to their inability to redress the scourge.
The cleric noted that there was nowhere in the world where killings of human beings were so manifested as it was in Nigeria.
“There is nowhere citizens can be slaughtered in the whole world without the government showing empathy and concern”,kukah said.
To him, the continuous barbaric slaughter and murder of our people in their innocency suggests that the beautiful Presidential Villa, National Assembly, government houses, are not evidence of civilization.
“There is no ambiguity about those who are killing our people and why they are doing so and where their inspiration comes from, he questioned.
He wrote:
“Is it possible that you have a country where people have sworn with Qur’an and Bible to uphold the principles of governance that they will do everything within their power to protect and defend the integrity of Nigerians and suddenly we are where we are today?”, he ended bitterly.
