T POINT he Catholic Bishop of Sokoto, Dr. Mathew Hassan Kukah, has deplored the perception that he got close to the administration of former president Goodluck Jonathan for pecuniary gains.
Kukah stressed that despite his long friendship with Jonathan, he never thought of using the opportunity to make any form of financial demand from the former President.
Kukah said, “Despite my friendship with Jonathan over this long period of time, we never discussed a penny, we never discussed one dollar; we never exchanged a penny, and we never exchanged a dollar.”
We never discussed one dollar; we never exchanged a penny
In an interview in the current edition of The Interview, the cleric said those who thought they could smear him by warming up to President Muhammadu Buhari were responsible for fantasising his relationship with Jonathan.
“Suddenly, journalists, who I knew were writing, hoping they would be given positions (by Buhari) and all those who were abusing me, have gone full cycle,” he said.
Continuing, Kukah added, “Those who should be ashamed of themselves are those who took money from Jonathan, tons of it, and have decided to lie, buried under the table; they have decided to change course in the middle of the race.
Those are the guys who you should be talking about.” In a statement, the MD/ Editor-In-Chief of the Interview, Azu Ishiekwene, said, “This is Kukah with his gloves off.
AntiKukahs of every stripe have their match in this issue.” The clergyman further revealed that, “certain people in the PDP” have been telling him that Jonathan should have had a longdrawn-out exit, like the disgraced Gambian President Yahaya Jammeh.
He also spoke about the continuing detention of the Shiite leader, El-Zakzakky, and the bill for a Christian court, expressing concern that, “We are going back, we’re not getting better.”
The edition also explores the love language of public figures, including advertising icon, Lolu Akinwunmi; journalist, Funke TreasureDurodola; the director of Leventis Food, Tasos Amanatidis; and author and celebrity, Teju Babyface.
