The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Matthew Kukah has advised supporters of flagbearers in the 2023 general elections not to kill themselves while showing thier support for their candidates.
According to the cleric, politicians in the country are friends contesting for their share of the national cake.
The septuagenarian priest, stated this while speaking on Channels TV on Tuesday.
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Recall that the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, and the flagbearer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, on Monday met at the private wing of the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport in Abuja.
Kukah called on the supporters of politicians to learn from the public exchange of pleasantries between Tinubu and Atiku.
Adding that the message from the banter between Tinubu and Atiku is that Nigerians should be wise, eschew violence, and not kill themselves for people drinking from the same pool.
He said;
“These politicians are struggling and they’ve lived their lives struggling for the national cake which they will distribute amongst themselves. It is therefore in the interest of ordinary Nigerians to know that they have to vote to stay alive.”
“We ordinary people must figure out how to manage our passion when it comes to politics. Don’t take seriously the grandstanding of the politicians.
“All the things you see about them abusing themselves or quarrelling, you will think they will never shake hands.
“They are very good friends, and many of them drink from the same pool. So, don’t go and kill yourself for nothing. That is what that message is all about.”
