Nigeria, Too Great To Be Held Down By Insecurity – Sultan Abubakar Says

Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, has said that Nigeria is too great a country to be held down by some terrorists and bandits making unrealistic demands.

This was as he however, warned that unless urgent steps are taken by the Federal Government to address the rising insecurity in the country, it may consume the nation.

He also said that the time has come for Nigerians to come together and face these enemies that have decided to unleashed terror on our people, stressing that unless something urgent and drastic is done, insecurity will consume everyone in the country in no distant time.

Sultan Abubakar, who stated these at the valedictory dinner in honour of the immediate past President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Dr. Samson Ayokunle Olasupo, in Abuja, noted that the ravaging insecurity is affecting everybody irrespective of location in the country.

He said that just last week Wednesday, 20 persons got drowned in community in Sokoto State while trying to escape from the onslaught of bandits, saying that it was an indication that the enemies neither know religion nor tribe in their operations.

According to the Sultan; “No one is exempted in the negative impact of the insecurity which is a serious issue facing us now in Nigeria. It has touched everybody irrespective of location in the country.

“The fact that we have been talking about this insecurity should be enough fact for all of us to wake up and take action either individually or collectively. We cannot continue to sit and blame one another instead of taking steps and actions that would tame the menace. Blame game will never help anybody.

“The earlier we know the truth about this insecurity issues, the better for us. Poverty and unemployment are some of the big factors that had fueled this. There are thousands of youths who are hanging around doing nothing, hence they had become tools in the hands of evil people.

“As religious leaders, we have a lot to do and we would do our best to help government tackle these issues. Campaign would soon start ahead of 2023 general elections, we need to hold political office seekers to account. They should explain to us their plans and agenda for the masses,” he said.

Sultan Abubakar charged the new President of CAN, Archbishop Daniel Okoh to bring his wealth of experience to the Nigeria Inter-religious Council (NIREC) for deliberation in building the Nigeria project, adding that he has confidence in the ability and capacity of the new President of CAN to continue to sail the ship of the Christian umbrella body to the expected destination.

He further said; “I have known the new CAN President for several years now and I can attest to his capacity and competence, with no doubt that he will deliver beyond expectations”.

The Sultan also appreciated the support and contributions of the immediate-past President of CAN, Dr. Ayokunle Olasupo in the past six years during which he piloted the affairs of CAN.

He appealed to the former President of CAN to always make himself available for service to the nation.