Kukah: Elite's Agitation for Return of Presidency to the North is for Selfish Interest

Kukah: Elite’s Agitation for Return of Presidency to the North for Selfish Interest 20 Jan 2014

Bishop Mathew Hassan Kuka, Monday said the agitation by the elite for return of power to the North and whether President Goodluck Jonathan should contest in 2015 or not, was not about the ordinary masses but politicians seeking for positions and allocation of resources.

 He also stressed the need for Nigerians to be wary of selfish politicians who would want to use religion to divide the people for political gains. Speaking during an interactive session with journalists in Sokoto Monday, Kukah maintained that the agitation for the presidency between the elite in the North and South was not about moving the country to greater heights but about politicians struggling to reposition themselves ahead of 2015.

 He posited that those clamouring for president Jonathan to continue in 2015 were not doing it in the interest of the nation but repositioning themselves for political gains and patronage. "The truth of the matter is that all the grandstanding whether the president should come from the North or the South or whether President Jonathan should go or whether he should stay is all about personal interest”, he said.