There is no Christian genocide in the North – Sultan

…Commends Nigerian Army

By Haruna Aliyu, Birnin Kebbi

Birnin Kebbi — The Sultan of Sokoto and Chairman of the Northern Traditional Rulers Council, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, has dismissed claims of an ongoing genocide against Christians successful bluish Nigeria, describing specified allegations arsenic mendacious and divisive.

The monarch said Christians and Muslims person coexisted peacefully for centuries successful the North, adding that reports suggesting different are deliberate attempts to make hostility and disunity among the people.

“From clip immemorial, Christians and Muslims person lived arsenic brothers successful the North. These allegations are mendacious and are simply aimed astatine sowing discord among the inseparable faithful,” helium stated.

Speaking astatine the gathering of the Northern Traditional Rulers Council held successful Birnin Kebbi, Kebbi State, the Sultan commended the Nigerian Army for its sustained efforts successful tackling banditry and insurgency crossed the bluish portion and the state astatine large.

He reaffirmed the accepted rulers’ enactment for the subject and the Federal Government successful their continued combat against insecurity.

“Without the military, we wouldn’t beryllium present holding this gathering comfortably. Therefore, we indispensable promote them to bash more,” helium said.

The Sultan besides expressed interest implicit the reckless usage of societal media, urging the Federal Government to instrumentality steps to modulate its use. He revealed that helium had personally been a unfortunate of misinformation circulated online.

Earlier, the Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa, successful his keynote address, called connected accepted rulers to deepen assemblage engagement successful enactment of the military’s operations against insurgents and bandits.

“The days of bandits and insurgents successful the Northeast, Northwest, and crossed the state are numbered. We volition decision them — they volition not decision us,” helium declared.

General Musa stressed that the combat against insecurity requires corporate effort, noting that accepted institutions play a important relation successful restoring bid and stability.

Declaring the gathering open, the Governor of Kebbi State, Dr. Nasir Idris, reaffirmed his administration’s committedness to the payment of accepted rulers and enactment for the equipped forces.

He debunked reports that the authorities authorities had hired an planetary information enactment to combat banditry.

“We did not prosecute immoderate planetary institution oregon enactment to combat banditry successful Kebbi. Instead, we person supported the subject done donations of operational vehicles, motorcycles, and logistics to assistance their operations,” helium said.

Prominent royal fathers astatine the gathering included the Sultan of Sokoto, the Emir of Gwandu, Alhaji Illiyasu Bashar; the Shehu of Borno, Alhaji Abubakar Garbai Al-Amin El-Kanemi; and different emirs from the 19 bluish states.

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