•Says Nigeria sharing its sovereignty with bandits, terrorists
Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Matthew Kukah, said Nigerians experienced the worst type of corruption during the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari than any other before him.
Kukah who said this while presenting a keynote speech entitled: ‘The Future of Constitutional Democracy in Nigeria: Imperative of a New Constitutional Order,” at the 60th call to bar anniversary of Aare Afe Babalola in Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State, on Monday, July 10, 2023, also said that the country was sharing its sovereignty with bandits and terrorists.
Bishop Kukah said that even though corruption did not start during Buhari’s tenure, it was amplified morally, financially, and in other terms in the last administration.
“We have seen the worst phase of corruption in Nigeria. Femi Falana, my friend here, will speak about that because he has published a series of articles talking about what happened under the Buhari administration.
“They were not the ones who caused corruption, but I think in the last administration, we saw the ugliest phase of corruption whether in moral terms, financial terms, and other terms.”
He also said Nigeria was sharing its sovereignty which was guaranteed in the constitution with bandits and other terrorists and that nobody was excited anymore about being a Nigerian as the country had been held hostage by people who threatened the very existence of its democracy.
He said that a lot of Nigerians had lost faith in the judiciary but added that he considered the judiciary a victim the same way every other institution in Nigeria was suffering a crisis.
The Bishop said it was time to rebuild the country, adding that no matter what happened at the Supreme Court concerning the election, he was convinced that Nigerians had put their ugly past behind them.
“Nigeria should not yet assume that it is a democracy but instead assume that it is matching towards democracy, which means rebuilding Nigeria after the kind of mess the last administration has left the country,” he said.
Former president, Olusegun Obasanjo, was chairman at the event.
Other dignatories who were present included former Commonwealth Secretary-General Emeka Anyaoku, former President Olusegun Obasanjo, among others.
Babalola, legal luminary and founder of Afe Babalola University (ABUAD), Ado-Ekiti, was admitted to the Bar of England and Wales on July 9, 1963.
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