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Vote To Stay Alive – Kukah Advises Nigerians

Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Matthew Kukah has advised Nigerians not to fight over politicians who are after pecuniary gains.

Gatekeepers News reports that Kukah urged Nigerians to focus on voting ‘to stay alive’.

The Catholic Bishop said this when he appeared on a television programme Matthew Kukah.

He advised Nigerians to consider politicians as friends who should not be regarded seriously.

His advice comes a few days after Bola Tinubu, presidential candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC), and Atiku Abubakar, his political opponent, were seen in a video exchanging jokes at the private wing of the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, in Abuja.

Kukah also expressed concern over the surge in violence by supporters of political candidates ahead of the 2023 presidential election.

The clergyman said, “These politicians are struggling and they’ve lived their lives struggling for the national cake which they will distribute amongst themselves. It is, therefore, in the interest of ordinary Nigerians to know that they have to vote to stay alive.

“Supporters of candidates all over the country need to be a bit more restrained and wise. We ordinary people must figure out how to manage our passion when it comes to politics.

“Don’t take seriously the grandstanding of the politicians. All the things you see about them abusing themselves or quarrelling, you will think they will never shake hands. They are very good friends, and many of them drink from the same pool. So, don’t go and kill yourself for nothing. That is what that message is all about.”

On September 29, the National Peace Committee led by Abdusalami Abubakar, chairman of NPC, and Kukah, organised an event where all presidential candidates for the 2023 general elections signed an accord committing to peace during the polls.

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