Author: Abdoulaye Kay

The Centre for the Promotion of Sharia has cautioned the Sokoto state government against any plan to dethrone, ursurp the powers of Sultan Saad Abubakar or toy with the Sultanate council. It could be recalled that the state House of Assembly passed a bill stripping the Sultan of Sokoto of powers to appoint district heads without the authorization of the state governor. A statement signed by the centre chairman, Aliyu Ibrahim Altukri, said, “We are stakeholders in the Sultanate institution and we object to toying with it by any political office holder”. ALSO READ Sultan: Sokoto govt replies, Shettima, MURIC…

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The President General of the League of Imams and Alfas, South West, Edo/Delta states, Jamiu Kewulere Bello, has said that Sultan Sa’ad Abubakar has always been apolitical since his appointment to the office of the Sultanate Council. ASHENEWS recalls that members of the League of Imams had gone pray along with other Yoruba Imams, Alfas and Islamic groups when it was reported that Governor Ahmad Aliyu was plotting to whittle the powers of the Leader of the Muslim Ummah. According to Bello, the Sultan has been so careful and guards himself against any involvement in politics as, according to the…

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