Highly
revered Nigerian cleric, Bishop Hassan Kukah, has spoken up about the
people who took money from Goodluck Jonathan and then turned their backs
against him.
Bishop Mathew Hassan Kukah
Mathew Hassan Kukah, the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto, has criticised
the perception that he was close to former President Goodluck Jonathan
for what he could get.
“Despite my friendship with Jonathan over this long period of
time, we never discussed a penny, we never discussed one dollar; we
never exchanged a penny, and we never exchanged a dollar,” Kukah said.
In an interview in the current edition of The Interview, Kukah said
those who thought they could smear him by warming up to President
Muhammadu Buhari were responsible for fantasizing his relationship with
Jonathan.
“Suddenly, journalists whom I knew were writing, hoping they
would be given positions (by Buhari) and all those who were abusing me
have gone full cycle,” he said.
He continued: “Those who should be ashamed of themselves are
those who took money from Jonathan, tons of it, and have decided to lie,
buried under the table; they have decided to change course in the
middle of the race. Those are the guys who you should be talking about.”
In a statement, the MD/Editor-In-Chief, Azu Ishiekwene, said, “This is Kukah with his gloves off. Anti-Kukahs of every stripe have their match in this issue.”
The clergyman revealed that “certain people in the PDP” have been telling him that Jonathan should have had a long-drawn-out exit, like the disgraced Gambian President Yahaya Jammeh.
He spoke about the continuing detention of the Shiite leader,
El-Zakzakky, and the bill for a Christian court, expressing concern
that, “We are going back, we’re not getting better.”
The edition also explores the love language of public figures,
including advertising icon, Lolu Akinwunmi; journalist Funke
Treasure-Durodola; the director of Leventis Food, Tasos Amanatidis; and
author and celebrity, Teju Babyface.
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