January 11, (THEWILL) – The alleged invitation extended to the Bishop of Sokoto Catholic Diocese, Mathew Hassan Kukah by the Department of State Service (DSS) has been described as fake news.
The Director Social Communication Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Reverend Father Christopher Omotosho, who made the clarification, urged members of the public to ignore the rumoured invitation.
Omotosho further explained that the news that the Bishop was summoned for questioning by the DSS regarding his Christmas message was not true because the Bishop is yet to receive either call or mail from the security body.
The social media was awash at the weekend with stories of the summoning of the Bishop by the DSS, a situation that has elicited reactions from many Nigerians.
THEWILL earlier reported that the Southern Kaduna People’s Union (SOKAPU) had described the alleged invitation as a plot to silence Kukah and further advised the bishop not to honour the purported invitation.
Also, the youth wing of the Christians Association of Nigeria (CAN) had earlier in a response to the report, threatened to mobilise Christians youth across the nation to accompany the bishop to the DSS headquarters in Abuja.
