The Sultan of Sokoto and the head of Muslims in Nigeria, Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar has once again expressed serious concerns over the level of insecurity in the country, adding that it has worsened in recent times.
Speaking at the 3rd Quarter 2021 Meeting of the Intra-Religious Council in Abuja on Thursday, the Sultan pointed out that he won’t hesitate in spilling the truth about the state of the nation.
‘Things are not getting better. I have said it and will say it again and again until we see that yes; things are getting better,‘ Sa’ad Abubakar stated.
The Sultan said it is heart-wrenching that these days the ‘unknown gunmen’ raid people’s houses and kill mercilessly.
The monarch wondered how the marauders could remain unknown when the nation has various intelligence agencies.
Although he commended security operatives for their efforts so far, Sa’ad Abubakar said the nation needs ‘proactive intelligence agencies that will think ahead of anybody, any criminal trying to do something’ cynical and disrupt the peace.
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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.
The Sokoto ruler urged the military and the police not to spare any religious leader that comes out to the ‘public domain to say so many nasty and bad things that would raise tensions higher’.
While admonishing fellow monarchs and religious leaders, the Sultan said “we must always tell the truth even if it is against us or our families.
‘We shouldn’t be scared of telling the truth to authorities and that is what we must continue to do’.
He submitted that when religious leaders tell the truth, then they can sit at home in peace even as he challenged security agencies to “invite religious leaders who incite violence and interrogate them appropriately.
‘All these people calling for such activities must be identified and our security agencies must up their game and take action against them.
‘Whether 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,’ Sa’ad Abubakar added.
According to him, this step will help in ending the security challenges facing Nigeria.
AFRICA TODAY NEWS, NEW YORK