 The Bishop of Sokoto Catholic Darsis Matthew Hassan Kuker has admonished Nigerians, especially Christians, to remain steadfast in the face of many challenges facing the country and to be promoters of peace wherever they find themselves. He was speaking at the Mission Congress in Sokoto organized by the Sokoto Catholic Darsis in collaboration with the Pontifical Mission Societies and aimed at expanding the frontiers of the Gospel. Ciclary called on Christians to be wary of those who specialize in manipulating religion for political and other pecuniary gains. According to him, the inability of Nigerian political leaders to manage the country's diversity has in many ways contributed to the present-day challenges faced by most parts of the country. I hope that as we go back home, all of us will go back with the message that we are messengers of peace, no matter the provocation. We have a country to build. So please, let's be careful with the provocations we get from politicians. Let's be careful and make sure that our religion, anybody who carries his religion to the marketplace of politics will not recognize that religion. So our challenge is to take the purity of our religions back, but very often many of us who are religious leaders are more interested in increasing our own fortunes and opportunities using religion as our identity. Religion was meant to be a force for good. Unfortunately for all the religion we are talking about is not about the principles of the religion. It is about wanting to use religion as a garment, as a weapon to capture power. So many of us in Nigeria now see religion merely as a vehicle for self-enrichment, as a vehicle for the power to exclude, for the power to give and the power to take. So you get notified about fresh news updates.