Posted by Samuel on Tue 03rd Feb, 2026 - tori.ng
Kukah spoke in Yola, Adamawa State, at the public presentation of a book titled The Man They Could Not Stop, written by Solomon Kumangar, former Director-General of Media and Communication to Governor Ahmadu Fintiri.
The Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Matthew Kukah, has sounded the alarm over what he describes as the relentless daily k!llings in Nigeria.
The cleric warned that the scale and pattern of violence are unprecedented anywhere in the world.
Kukah spoke in Yola, Adamawa State, at the public presentation of a book titled The Man They Could Not Stop, written by Solomon Kumangar, former Director-General of Media and Communication to Governor Ahmadu Fintiri.
Lamenting the frequency of k!llings across the country, Kukah said Nigeria has become dangerously polarised along religious lines.
“What is happening in Nigeria cannot happen in Sudan, Cameroon, Niger, Ghana or any other country in the world,” Kukah said.
“There is no other country in the world that 10 people are k!lled on Monday, 50 on Tuesday, 100 on Wednesday, and the k!llings go on every week. How can such a country move forward?”
He added that religious identities have increasingly become the lens through which violence is reported and understood.
“Only in Nigeria do people die as Christians and Muslims. The Western media is fuelling the k!llings along religious lines — 20 Christians k!lled, 30 Muslims k!lled.”
Kukah urged political and religious leaders to rise above sectarian divisions and build institutions that promote unity, peace and national development.
The cleric also commended former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Attahiru Jega, for his intervention during the 2023 Adamawa governorship election crisis, describing it as pivotal in stabilising the situation.
Also speaking at the event, former Senate President and ex-Kwara State Governor, Bukola Saraki, urged Nigerians to prioritise competence and leadership qualities over party affiliation.
“The country can only move forward when the right people are given the chance to pilot its affairs,” Saraki said, adding that Governor Fintiri’s infrastructural footprint showed readiness for leadership.
Chairman of the occasion and Governor of Nasarawa State, Abdullahi Sule, openly encouraged Fintiri to join the ruling All Progressives Congress.
“If I come with the APC cap and flag, I would hand it to you today as our new member,” Sule said.
In his remarks, Governor Fintiri described himself as “a man of destiny,” recounting the turbulence of the 2023 governorship election.
“There were numerous futile shots at stopping me. The 2023 election was just the height of them, and an embarrassing one, not only to the state but to the nation and to democracy globally,” he said.
He accused unnamed political actors of betrayal and moral compromise, warning that such forces remain active.
“This clique of pretenders and political puppeteers are still around, shuttling between Yola and Abuja, shamelessly and dangerously hovering around our democracy. We must, as we did in 2023, resist them with our votes.”
The book launch was attended by Governors Bala Mohammed (Bauchi) and Abdullahi Sule (Nasarawa), the Deputy Governor of Oyo State, and representatives from Gombe, Borno, Yobe, Taraba and Plateau states.
Deputy National Vice Chairman (North-East) of the APC, Mustapha Salihu, unveiled the book and urged Adamawa residents to continue supporting Fintiri’s developmental programmes.