The Catholic Bishop of Kafanchan, Bishop Danlami Joseph Bagobiri, has described Senator Shehu Sani as the conscience of the Nigerian Senate and Kaduna State as a whole.
Senator Sani was at the official resident of Bishop Bagobiri in Madakiya, Zango Kataf local government area of Kaduna State, where he lauded the Bishop for being fearless and outspoken against the evil being smeared against his people.
According to Bishop Bagobiri, “We acknowledge and appreciate the way you speak against the injustices been smeared on our people in fairness and in truth.
“Within our Diocese, anytime your comment is on social media, we are happy and thankful of you. We see alots of hope for our Nation and our State in particular.
“I want to express my great delight for meeting you for the first time and assure you of our prayers, you have been doing a wonderful job. As religious leaders, we’ll do our best in ensuring our people are saved from any evil agenda.”
Bishop Bagobiri explained, “Nigeria is not an ungovernable country but when you set out to rule the country with fairness and justice everything fall in shape, but when you deliberately set out evil things falls apart.”
Shehu Sani in his part said, “This part of the State has suffered alots of bloodshed and all sorts of evil things where many lives lost for the past 3 years. We are getting into another period, those of us desirous of public offices can be reach for any assistance.
“What should matter to your people should be who is going to add value to their lives. You people that are religious leaders have a moral burden and a duty to lead your people to freedom when they are in bondage, you also have a duty to show them where they should go and where they should not go.”
He added, “You have a duty to cast light into their lives for them to be able to see beyond what somebody will tell them. They should be able to see beyond to see beyond their nose so that they don’t make mistake that will affect their future and generation yet unborn.”
On Bishop Bagobiri, the Senator said, “You are a voice and a Moral conscience. My most impressive position of you is the ability to speak the truth irrespective of power, irrespective whoever is affected.
“By your position, calling people in position of power to account for their responsibility has earned you respect not only within your people but outside the shores of this country.
“All my life, l have been an activist and that could be seen from the way I conduct myself, politicians cannot call white, white or black, black, they have other Colours. They are used to deceiving people, making pledges and promises without fulfilling it, they will say that is politics.”
He reiterated his commitment, assuring the Catholic Bishop that, “those qualities, component characters and tendencies that is in you, we’ll not in any way betray them.”
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