Kukah Speaks On Israel-Hamas War, Lists Potential Mediators To Intervene In Crisis

The Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Matthew Kukah, said the war between Israel and Hamas, a terrorist group based in Palestine, is really unfortunate.

Kukah, speaking in an interview on Arise News on Tuesday, said the Palestinian predicament has developed into an unaddressed and unrecognised issue, manipulated by powerful nations.

He asserted that the Palestinians were treated as mere pawns by the five Permanent members of the United Nations (UN), which the cleric said lacked any clear and meaningful objectives.

Kukah, therefore, named former United States President Barack Obama, King Abdullah of Jordan, former UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown, former Ireland President Mary Robinson, and former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo as potential mediators to intervene in the war.

He said, “America has to be in the room because they are, for now, pound for pound, the most powerful nation in the world.

“There are so many battles that are being fought simultaneously, and there’s a lot of heavy lifting to be done, but primarily, my concern is that we need to deploy a certain level of moral courage and moral authority to say, listen, people, it can’t go on like this.”

“The United Kingdom must be present for highly practical strategic considerations, as they were the ones entrusted with the mandate.

“I found that Gordon Brown, not only does he have the intellectual capacity, but he is also somebody who is visibly invisible, so I thought he would be a good representation.”