Vice President Kashim Shettima has described the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, as an institution that must be jealously guarded and protected.
Shettima stated this following an alarm raised by the
Executive Director of the Muslim Rights Council (MURIC), Prof. Isiaq Akintola,
that the Sokoto government is allegedly plotting to depose the Sultan.
In a statement on Monday, Akintola said Nigerian Muslims
would reject any thought of deposing the Sultan after the state Governor, Ahmed
Aliyu, deposed 15 traditional rulers for various offences.
Speaking at the ongoing North West Peace & Security
Summit in Katsina State, Shettima told the Sokoto government that the Sultan is
much more than a monarch, saying that he represents an idea.
The vice president said the Sultan and other traditional
rulers in the country need to jealousy guard, promote, and preserve the growth
of our nation.
He 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 jealousy guard, protect, promote, preserve and project for the
growth of our nation.”
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