The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Abubakar Sa’ad III, has identified the scramble for 2015 political positions as the main cause of the current insecurity in Nigeria.
Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa'ad Abubakar 111, Monday said politicians were the main problem of Nigeria, stressing that the rising insecurity challenge in the polity was caused by the undue struggle by politicians to position themselves ahead of 2015 election.
He also stressed the need for the Federal Government to dialogue with the Boko Haram insurgents with a view to securing the freedom of over 200 school girls abducted in Chibok, Borno state.
Speaking during a chat with journalists at a Ramadan dinner held in his palace in Sokoto Sunday night, the monarch maintained that the rising wave of violence and wanton killing of innocent citizens was geared towards 2015 elections.
He noted that the incessant killing of innocent citizens was all politics, saying politicians were behind the myriad of problems ravaging the country.
"Politicians are the main problem of this country. The whole issue of insecurity problem in this country are geared towards 2015 election and nothing more. If there is no election in 2015 and they said till 2030, everything will cool down.
"You see, everybody is trying to take his own position and put himself at a vantage point to gain an extra mile ahead of 2015. The whole thing is all about politics. That is why you see killings but what is paining us is that innocent people are being killed everyday, especially people that don't even know what is politics.
"We are shedding too much blood of innocent Nigerians and God will not be pleased with us when we keep on shedding innocent blood because their cries mean a lot," he said.
He posited that Nigerians must put aside their religion and ethnicity and come together to tackle the myriad of problems bedeviling the country.
According to him, those perpetrating the killings live among the people and as such there was the need for concerted efforts by all and sundry in order to bring an end to the insurgency.
"The best thing is let us identify these problems, we need to just come together, let us leave religion and ethnicity out of this issue. Let us be sincere and trust ourselves by coming together to solve our problems.
"There are some insurgents killing our people how do we stop them? let us find a way to stop them. These people doing this are not spirits but human beings. So, let us work together to solve our problems," he stated.
He also stressed the need for the Federal Government to dialogue with the Boko Haram insurgents with a view to securing the freedom of over 200 school girls abducted in Chibok, Borno state.
Speaking during a chat with journalists at a Ramadan dinner held in his palace in Sokoto Sunday night, the monarch maintained that the rising wave of violence and wanton killing of innocent citizens was geared towards 2015 elections.
He noted that the incessant killing of innocent citizens was all politics, saying politicians were behind the myriad of problems ravaging the country.
"Politicians are the main problem of this country. The whole issue of insecurity problem in this country are geared towards 2015 election and nothing more. If there is no election in 2015 and they said till 2030, everything will cool down.
"You see, everybody is trying to take his own position and put himself at a vantage point to gain an extra mile ahead of 2015. The whole thing is all about politics. That is why you see killings but what is paining us is that innocent people are being killed everyday, especially people that don't even know what is politics.
"We are shedding too much blood of innocent Nigerians and God will not be pleased with us when we keep on shedding innocent blood because their cries mean a lot," he said.
He posited that Nigerians must put aside their religion and ethnicity and come together to tackle the myriad of problems bedeviling the country.
According to him, those perpetrating the killings live among the people and as such there was the need for concerted efforts by all and sundry in order to bring an end to the insurgency.
"The best thing is let us identify these problems, we need to just come together, let us leave religion and ethnicity out of this issue. Let us be sincere and trust ourselves by coming together to solve our problems.
"There are some insurgents killing our people how do we stop them? let us find a way to stop them. These people doing this are not spirits but human beings. So, let us work together to solve our problems," he stated.
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