The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Archdiocese, Rev Mathew Kukah has said Nigerians in the South East agitating for the actualization of Biafra have the right to do so because Nigeria practices representative democracy.
Speaking with reporters on Saturday in Abuja, Kukah, however called for caution, saying the matter should be properly handled.
According to Kukah, “I think the question we should be asking is: what right do people have to express themselves?’ We are in a democracy and people should be allowed to express themselves because ours is a representative democracy.
“There are representatives and if people want to stop being a part of Nigeria there is a process for achieving that.
“The second point is that we cannot speculate as to intentions and motives unless you legitimately bring a person to court and say why have you done X Y Z? You can only speculate. And I don’t think we should be depending on speculations.”
The Catholic Bishop who called on Nigerians to stop politicising the health issue of President Muhammadu Buhari, stressed that leaders of some popular nations of the world had serious health challenges while in office but were managed to avoid undue public attention.
He said a former US President, Ronald Reagan suffered from Alzheimer’s disease but that while in office, most people were not aware.
“I do not think that the health of any Nigerian should be the subject of politics or speculations.
“It is something I find so troubling because nobody does the things we do in Nigeria.”
