The Bishop of Sokoto Catholic Diocese, Mathew Hassan Kukah, has advised the federal government of Nigeria to change its tactics in the anti-corruption fight against looters.

Kukah said the government should negotiate with looters of the nation’s treasury in order to recover stolen funds.

The cleric made this known while speaking at the 29th and 30th Convocation lecture of the University of Jos on Friday.

Bishop Kukah explained that some countries had negotiated with corrupt officials to recover stolen funds and it worked for them, hence calling on Nigerian government to adopt the same tactic.

According to him “Fighting corruption as a whole is beyond just recovering stolen funds, although it is necessary to punish treasury looters and corrupt officials, to solve the whole problem would involve tackling it from the roots and that means the institutional framework.

“Investigate what they have stolen, then call them and negotiate how much of it can be recovered, while you put frameworks in place to holistically solve the problem.

“Corruption is not only a Nigerian thing. Former presidents of nations like America, France, Israel, South Africa, among others, have been removed due to corruption charges. Yet, their countries are working.”

http://www.mcebisco.com.ng/2018/06/corruption-negotiate-with-looters.html

So Bishop Kukah has acknowledged that there are generational looters that have been looting the national treasury. That is good.

Only if we negotiate with every criminal both poor and rich. We are beginning to realise that many clerics don't have fear of God, they advocate discrimination and classism in the society.

Is this the real mathew kukah of 80's?
It is a shame what so called men of god are doing. Even if government want to negotiate with thieves atleast those who are supposed to uphold and lead society through morality are supposed to oppose it or atleast show disdain not becoming the negotiators for criminals