Vice President, Kashim Shettima has warned the Sokoto State Governor, Ahmed Aliyu against removing the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar III. The Vice President, who was speaking at the Northwest peace and security summit on Monday in Katsina, described the sultan as an institution that “must be guarded jealously.”....Read The Full Story Here ▶
The warning came after the Executive Director of Muslim Rights Council (MURIC), Prof. Isiaq Akintola, raised the alarm that the Sokoto government was allegedly plotting to depose the Sultan.
Aliyu had earlier deposed 15 traditional rulers for various offences.
Shettima said, “In all developmental issues in this country, His Eminence, the Sultan of Sokoto, I want to use him as a point of reference to recognise and appreciate all our royal fathers present here.”
“And to the deputy governor of Sokoto, I have a simple message for you, Yes, the Sultan is the Sultan of Sokoto, but he is much more than that.
“He represents an idea, he is an Institution, that all of us in this country need to jealously guard, protect, promote, preserve and project for the growth of our nation,” Shettima said.
