{"id":85293,"date":"2021-08-27T12:46:05","date_gmt":"2021-08-27T11:46:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=85293"},"modified":"2021-08-27T12:46:05","modified_gmt":"2021-08-27T11:46:05","slug":"insecurity-we-are-worried-things-are-not-getting-better-sultan-of-sokoto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/insecurity-we-are-worried-things-are-not-getting-better-sultan-of-sokoto\/","title":{"rendered":"Insecurity: We Are Worried, Things Are Not Getting Better \u2013 Sultan Of Sokoto"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">The Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad Sa\u2019ad Abubakar has again expressed concern over the level of insecurity in the country, adding that it has worsened.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the 3rd Quarter 2021 Meeting of the Intra-Religious Council in Abuja on Thursday, the Sultan said he won\u2019t hesitate in spilling the truth about the state of the nation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThings are not getting better. I have said it and will say it again and again until we see that yes; things are getting better,\u201d Sa\u2019ad Abubakar stated.<\/p>\n<p>The Sultan said it is appalling that these days the \u201cunknown gunmen\u201d raid people\u2019s houses and kill mercilessly.<\/p>\n<p>The monarch wondered how the marauders could remain unknown when the nation has various intelligence agencies.<\/p>\n<p>Although he commended security operatives for their efforts so far, Sa\u2019ad Abubakar said the nation needs \u201cproactive intelligence agencies that will think ahead of anybody, any criminal trying to do something\u201d cynical and disrupt the peace.<\/p>\n<p>The Sultan, who was a military man, explained that proper intelligence gathering will put security operatives a step ahead of the miscreants troubling the nation.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, Nigerians can\u2019t fold their hands while unknown gunmen threaten the nation.<\/p>\n<p>The Sokoto ruler urged the military and the police not to spare any religious leader that comes out to the \u201cpublic domain to say so many nasty and bad things that would raise tensions higher\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>While admonishing fellow monarchs and religious leaders, the Sultan said \u201cwe must always tell the truth even if it is against us or our families.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe shouldn\u2019t be scared of telling the truth to authorities and that is what we must continue to do\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He argued that when religious leaders tell the truth, then they can sit at home in peace even as he challenged security agencies to \u201cinvite religious leaders who incite violence and interrogate them appropriately.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll these people calling for such activities must be identified and our security agencies must up their game and take action against them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhether it is a religious leader, ethnic leader or traditional leader, he must be made to face the law, because there is nobody who is above the law,\u201d Sa\u2019ad Abubakar added.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, this step will help in ending the security challenges facing Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on the theme of the meeting, \u201cMaking Nigerians Healthy To Achieve Peaceful Society,\u201d the Sultan believes that attaining peace requires honest dialogue.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe must be honest with ourselves, we cannot come to the council and agree then go back to our various comfort zones and start preaching hatred, and that\u2019s what is happening every day.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA lot of hate speeches by religious leaders\u2026 we are supposed to be very diplomatic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI cannot imagine using religion to shed people\u2019s blood,\u201d the monarch said.<\/p>\n<p>He wondered why it is so difficult for the presidency to lead a dialogue involving all leaders, elders and people who can influence the citizens.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy are we afraid of talking to one another? What dialogue cannot solve, violence will never solve.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere must be a time to rise up and go beyond ethnic and religious sentiments and sit down and talk to one another in the most honest way and tell ourselves the truth.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat\u2019s really happening in this country is not right and this is how we should go if we really want to have a country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe presidency must lead the way, reach out to people, sit down and talk to one another because I have seen the goodwill of the people of this country towards one another.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Some of the attendees at the meeting were the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, and the President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Rev Olasupo Ayokunle.<\/p>\n<div class=\"yj6qo\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"adL\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad Sa\u2019ad Abubakar has again expressed concern over the level of insecurity in the country, adding that it has worsened. 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