The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, has charged security operatives in the country to identify all the unknown gunmen perpetrating evil.
Speaking at the 3rd Quarter 2021 Council Meeting of the Nigeria Inter-religious Council (NIREC) in Abuja, on Wednesday, Sultan Abubakar expressed worry over the level of insecurity in the country, noting that things are not getting better.
He wondered why unknown people kill so many people and nothing is done when there are security and intelligence agencies in the country.
“All of us are very worried about the level of insecurity in this country. And I keep on saying it, things are not getting better, and I will continue saying it,” he said.
“How can they be unknown, unknown people kill so many people and nothing is done, where are our intelligence agencies don’t we have a proactive intelligence agency that will see ahead of anybody or any criminal that is trying to do something? I am a military man and I know what I am talking about.”
The Sultan queried why do religious leaders come out in the public domain and say so many nasty things that will raise tension.
“The Co-Chairman (CAN President) remarked one Islamic leader, I have never heard of it until I saw that video, and I know somebody in Plateau who made a very terrible video calling on the youths to rise up and kill Muslims, it’s all over the social media.
“What are our security agencies doing, can’t they invite these people and ask them what they really mean? Nobody should be above the law, whether a Christian or a Muslim, you cannot invite people to kill innocent people,” he added.
He said killings and burials have been going on in Sokoto East, where several persons have been killed and buried without media coverage.
“In Sokoto alone, there was a day we buried 76 people, they were killed in cold blood by criminals, people don’t hear about that one, there was a day we buried 48 people in the same Sokoto, but we don’t hear about that one,” he said.
“All the people committing these atrocities must be identified, our security agencies must up their game, identify them and take action on them, whether he is a religious leader or an ethnic leader.”
