Alleged plan to dethrone Sultan false, basekess - Sokoto Govt

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Governor Ahmed Aliyu Sokoto of Sokoto state has dismissed as untrue speculations the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Abubakar Sa’ad 111, will be dethroned by the state government.

The government said nothing can be further from the true than alleged plan to remove the Sultan of Sokoto.

According to the state Commissioner for Information and Societal Orientation, Sambo Bello Danchadi, “the law guiding the appointment and disposition of traditional rulers in the state had not been changed or even repealed.”

The state commissioner said the state government had no plan to dethrone the revered monarch, describing such reports, including MURIC’s allegation, as false and baseless.

Danchadi stressed that the law guiding the appointment and disposition of traditional rulers in the state is clear and unchanged.

“The state government wondered how a responsible body like MURIC, claiming to be protecting the rights of the Muslims, would descend so low and cheaply as to join hands with deluded mischief makers and enemies of progress to fabricate such a false and unsubstantiated story just to create an unfriendly atmosphere and fear in the minds of the law-abiding and peaceful citizens of the state.”

On Monday, June 24, MURIC’s executive director, Prof. Isiaq Akintola, raised an alarm that the Sokoto state government was plotting to depose the Sultan against the backdrop of the Kano Emirate tussle.

A statement by MURIC cited the removal of 15 traditional rulers for various offences.

Prof Akintola further warned that Muslim Ummah in Nigeria would reject and resist any hostile actions against the Sultan, who happened to be the spiritual leader of all Muslims in Nigeria.

Also on Monday, Vice President Kashim Shettima warned against plot to depose Sultan.

At an gathering of governors and distinguished leaders on how to tackle the insecurity in tbe region, in Katsina State, Shettima warned against plan to depose the Sultan.

The Vice President spoke against widespread report on the plot to remove the Sultan, stressing that the ‘Sultan is an institution that must be guarded jealously at all cost.’