HOW MURIC Exposes Plans To Depose Sultan of Sokoto
The Muslim Rights Council (MURIC) has exposed a plan to depose the Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Abubakar from his throne by the state governor. There have been rumours that the governor intends to sack the royal and religion leader.
The sultan is also the de facto head of Muslims across the country. MURIC Executive Director, Prof. Isiaq Akintola, raised the alarm in a statement after the Sokoto State Governor Aliyu removed 15 traditional rulers of the state. He accused them if various offences.
Akintola stated, “Nigerian Muslims reject any thought of deposing the Sultan. Feelers in circulation indicate that the governor may descend on the Sultan of Sokoto any moment from now using any of the flimsy excuses used to dethrone the 15 traditional rulers whom he removed earlier.”
MURIC advises the governor to look before he leaps. “The Sultan’s stool is not only traditional. It is also religious. In the same vein, his jurisdiction goes beyond Sokoto. It covers the whole of Nigeria. He is the spiritual head of all Nigerian Muslims,” Akintola said.
“A military governor, Colonel Yakubu Muazu, exposed this soft underbelly when he deposed Sultan Ibrahim Dasuki on 20th April 1996. Nigerian Muslims will be forced to make a hard decision if Sokoto governors continue to diminish the authority of the Sultan.”
He further stated, “For the avoidance of any doubts, Sultan Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar is not only the Sultan of Sokoto but the Sultan of the Nigerian people.
“His performance and style of leadership have warmed him into the hearts of Nigerians.”
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