The National Security Adviser (NSA), retired Major General Babagana Munguno has lamented that Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai talks too much about the insecurity, thereby giving out secret information about the whereabouts of terrorists to terrorist, especially those who kidnapped train passengers recently.

Munguno, who spoke to news men today, April 21, shortly after the security council meeting at the Presidential villa, Abuja, said that the governor’s claim that the military failed to act despite intelligence reports made available to them early enough on the hideout of bandits and planned attacks could compromise the security situation as the bandits could relocate to other destinations if they knew that their current hideout was known.

“When you start talking too much, you give away a lot. Now, even if they say we know where they are, that in itself is already a problem.”

Munguno said that once such comment was made, whether true or not, the bandits might relocate to another location.

He said that it was better sometimes to just keep silence instead of talking and giving out vital information like El-Rufai did, adding that for Governor El-Rufai to say: “we know who they are, where they are” was in itself dangerous.

The Presidency has challenged the Bishop of Sokoto Province, the Most Rev Mathew Hassan Kukah to put away his clerical garb, join partisan politics and see how far he can go in righting the wrongs he has always accused those in government of.
In a statement today, April 18, reacting to the Bishop’s accusation against the government of President Muhammadu Buhari, a presidential spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu reminded him of his responsibility as a cleric, “as it is expressed in James 1:27: “Religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father, is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world.”
Garba Shehu insisted that if Bishop Kukah is expert in the way Nigeria should be run for a better result, he should come out, contest for the Presidency and proceed to do his wonders.
The spokesman who described Bishop Kukah’s Easter sermon as ” Kukah’s virus of hate,” said the Bishop has added his voice to the political campaign activities now ongoing from his pulpit.
“As the nomination congress approaches, rumblings within the party rise to an acrimonious crescendo and the troubleshooting market blossoming in the opposition Peoples Democratic Party PDP, which is in desperate yearning for his tested skills, we are surprised, so too, are many others.”
He said that the presidency is not surprised that Bishop Kukah could still find the time for a lengthy homily on his usual target, Muhammadu Buhari, the President of Nigeria.
“For a man who has been spreading hate for decades, nothing new in the homily, except for the fact that while millions of Christians were remembering the Lord’s crucifixion on Friday, His descent on Saturday, His resurrection on Sunday, and subsequent appearance to his disciples, Bishop Matthew Kukah was playing politics.
“From his pulpit, he devoted his Easter message not to Christ’s death and rebirth so Man might be saved – but to damning the government in the most un-Christian terms.
“Bishop Kukah neglects the Bible’s teachings in James 1:26: “If anyone thinks he is religious and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this person’s religion is worthless”.
“Easter should be a time for renewal, and for hope. For those in authority – both temporal and spiritual – to come together in word and deed so those who look to them for example can be inspired by their grace.
“This is not a time for religious leaders to play politics, or politicians to play religion. It is a time, as in Titus 3:9 to “avoid foolish controversies, genealogies, dissensions, and quarrels about the law, for they are unprofitable and worthless”.
“Yet Bishop Kukah used his sermon purposefully to make dissensions and quarrels about the law. “His accusatory list against the government revealed only his hatred for them.
“Still, when he accused them of division, he gave no examples: merely assertions emanating from his own mouth. His allegation of ethnic and regional divide was innuendo without proof, and he gave none.
“His list of things he claims as broken – from churches to mosques to schools and motorways – belie all those that have been built, and others built anew during this government’s time in office.
“Should he feel compelled for whatever reason to criticize the government for what he views as their mistakes, the Bible makes clear how it should be done: “Brothers, if anyone is caught in any transgression, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness”, Galatians 6:1-2.
“If Bishops or religious leaders believe they have a willing audience for tales of government error or fragility, they do an injustice to their flock by filling their ears with talk of division and hateful thoughts.
“Nigeria knows too well Bishop Kukah’s views of the government. He has made quite clear how much he dislikes them from the day they were elected.
“Whether expressing his political views is a good use or an abuse of religious office is for others to decide. But the people of Nigeria have spoken – twice: They support this government at the ballot box. They have not been swayed by hateful talk from any bully-pulpit.
“We respectfully ask Bishop Kukah to leave government to the voters and the politicians they elect, while he concentrates on his job.”

A Yoruba monarch, the Oluwo of Iwo, in Osun State,Oba Abdulrosheed Adewale Akanbi, has made it clear that Igbos from Southeast cannot become the President of Nigeria because of their approach to the nation’s cohesion.
In a statement through Alli Ibraheem, his Chief Press Secretary, the Oluwo said that the failure of the South Easterners to change their approach will amount to chasing shadow on their political journey of producing Nigeria’s President.
He acknowledged the damage done to Igbos as a result of the Nigerian civil war, but advised the south easterners to rescind their attitude “of barring people from other parts of the country from owning properties in their domain.”
“I have people from across Nigeria in Iwo, including the South Easterners. They do not only have their businesses but also built their houses and own farm lands. Such is not only peculiar to Iwo but to other parts of the country, except the South-East. A Nigerian in Nigeria should be able to own land anywhere.
“The style by the South easterners is barbaric. Such is not only detrimental to their economic viability but also to their political recognition. As a traditional ruler, I can’t trust any South easterner as my President.
“You can’t be a leader on sectional interest. With such unsophisticated, primitive and uncivilized thinking, no Nigerian from other zones will vote a south easterner as their President.”
According to the monarch the sit-at-home order issued by the members of the Eastern Security Network (ESN) is not only inimical to their survival but also to the growth of the nation, asking them to have a rethink in their approach.
He stressed that until they return to the way of other regions that welcome visitors from other parts of the country with love and concern for national cohesion, no Nigerian will feel secured in the hands of a leader whose ethnic attachment deprived other Nigerians their rights.
“The civil war wounds meted on south easterners is a weak factor to institutionalize policies capable of tearing the nation apart.”