Bishop Mathew Hassan Kukah of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto State has warned politicians that using religion to manipulate politics will have a devastating effect on the development in the country.

He stated this on Tuesday in Abuja during the presentation of his new book, “Broken Truth,” as part of activities lined up for his 70th birthday.

According to Bishop Kukah, as it happened in Germany during the reign of Adolf Hitler, such moves by politicians in the country would come with a grave consequence.

With regards to historical perspectives, there is a consequence for using religion to manipulate politics, saying that there is the need to look at Germany as the consequences are there to see in Hitler.

However,Bishop Kukah attributed the problem to the fact that the Nigerian political elites lacked the mental capacity to understand the consequences of the fire they were stoking.

He observed that there was nothing to suggest that the average person who is living in the north, whether Fulani or Hausa, could say that they were proud of the Nigerian political system, beyond a very tiny percentage.

He added, “So, if you decide that you want to give privilege to a religion or an ethnic group, what will happen is that others automatically become outsiders”.

Bishop Kukah further said, agitations are ongoing in the country, adding that the citizens were more intelligent than those steering the affairs of the country.

He reiterated that it would not have been a bad thing if people who don’t know seek knowledge.

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