The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Saad Abubakar has condemned calls for the sack of the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Abdulrahaman Danbazau over the deployment of troops along major roads in Abuja when President Umaru Yar’Adua returned from Saudi Arabia on February 23.
Speaking yesterday during the N100 million fund raising for NAJOMO Mosque at the Syrian Club, Ikoyi, Lagos, the Sultan described the demand as uncalled for.

The Army, he said, is not a religious Army. "Because he happens to be a Muslim, if he is a Christian, would they have called for his sack. Many things happen in this country but no Muslim leader has called for the sack of any Christian government official. For instance, there are so many crimes in the
country, do we now say the Inspector General of Police should be sacked?" he queried.

It is high time, the Sultan said, Nigerians saw themselves as brothers.

"If the two religions do not work together, then development would elude us as a nation. We must, irrespective of our religion live together because Allah blesses us in this country and that is what we are striving for at the National Inter-Religious Council (NIREC) ," he said.

Backing the Sultan , Secretary General for the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), Alhaji AbdulLateef Adegbite urged Nigerians to keep the military out of the current political maneuverings. Adegbite, who is the founder of NAJOMO said it was wrong to question the professional
judgment of the military on such security matters.

"It is the prerogative of the military to decide on the size of troops adequate for the protection of Mr President or the Acting President, as the case may be on any given occasion," he said.

The Seriki of Egbaland warned politicians and public commentators to desist from heating the polity by what he described as their tendentious utterances and insinuations, saying that, the nation has had enough of deception in high places an undignified maneuvering.

Also, the former Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, said that religion cannot be separated from politics. Tinubu, represented by the Action Congress (AC) governorship candidate in Osun State, Rauf Aregbesola reiterated the need for credible elections.

He expressed optimism that if elections are conducted in a fair manner, good people would man the seat of power and religion especially Islam would take its rightful position.

Tinubu’s successor Mr Babatunde Raji Fashola, in his closing remarks, pleaded with religious leaders to always enjoin their followers to shun racial and religious discrimination.

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The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Saad
Abubakar has condemned calls for the sack
of the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen.
Abdulrahaman Danbazau over the
deployment of troops along major roads in
Abuja when President Umaru Yar’Adua
returned from Saudi Arabia on February 23.
Speaking yesterday during the N100 million
fund raising for NAJOMO Mosque at the
Syrian Club, Ikoyi, Lagos, the Sultan described
the demand as uncalled for.
The Army, he said, is not a religious Army.
"Because he happens to be a Muslim, if he is
a Christian, would they have called for his
sack. Many things happen in this country but
no Muslim leader has called for the sack of
any Christian government official. For
instance, there are so many crimes in the
country, do we now say the Inspector
General of Police should be sacked?" he
queried.
It is high time, the Sultan said, Nigerians saw

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Naija is a jungle where religion is above everything even "God" COAS breached the costitution, he should be pardoned since he did not breach the Koran

saintade01:

How can a man of this status speak this way. I just imagine how this muslims sometimes reason.

He is just trying to stir up another crisis with this. Indeed a religion of peace!

tunnytox:

Islamists no matter how educated are the same. Once they can't achieve their political ambition they easily use religion as a blackmail.

Gayigaskia:

I'am not supporting the sultan but , some oba or chief in the south would say the same thing. lets be fair, these traditional rulers all over this country are the cause of our problems.

stonecold2:

my bros i support

Igwe:

I think our Acting president has a much more bigger problem than we all thought.

prettyG:

How come only The Nation carried this story,