Lucky Obukohwo Reporting
Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, has spoken out over the unprecedented wave of insecurity in Niger, Kaduna and other parts of the country, saying it is alarming.
The religious leader and co-chair of the Nigeria Inter-Religious Council (NIREC), who spoke at the second quarterly meeting of the organisation in Abuja, yesterday, said all through the period of the just concluded elections, there was a drastic reduction in the level of insecurity in the country but wonders how come a sudden change.
“Suddenly after the elections, killings have continued across Niger, Plateau, Kaduna and other places.
“These killings are definitely not related to religion but activities of some set of uninformed people.
“Imagine a situation where bandits would invade a community, kill people and destroy their properties, with little or no resistance from the security officials only for the security officials to appear long after the attacks and perhaps, to mock the people or look at the ashes of destroyed items.
“Few days ago, it was reported that some United States embassy staff were killed and burnt in Anambra State. That’s barbaric and shouldn’t have happened because there’s not justification for that”, Sultan said.