Sultan of Sokoto Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III cautioned politicians yesterday not to stain the road to 2015 with the blood of Nigerians, saying there is need to stabilise the nation’s polity.
“I am appealing to and urging you that the road to 2015 elections should not be stained with the blood of Nigerians”
The call followed the incessant killings and destruction of property that has pervaded the northern part of the country. The monarch said Nigerians were tired of the negative things going on, adding that they want an immediate stoppage to the politics of hatred because it does not pay Nigeria.
The Sultan gave the advice in Sokoto when the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Adamu Mu’azu, visited him.
He noted that there were so much acrimony and mudslinging, pointing out that” all these are now going on in Nigeria and there is the need to stabilise the nation’s polity”
Abubakar said there were negative occurrences affecting the nation’s socio-economic and political wheel.
“So many things are now happening in the nation’s polity contrary to what obtains in other parts of the world.
“Our politics is being played contrary to how it is done elsewhere in the world. We need to do whatever it takes to have stability in the polity.
“Whosoever emerges in 2015 should be acceptable to all Nigerians. Violence always begets violence and there is nowhere in the world where violence will bring peace.
The Sultan advised Muslims and Christians to live according to the dictates of their religions.
Mu’azu told the monarch that the visit was aimed at showing respect to him as the father to all Nigerians.
He noted that traditional rulers were making efforts at ensuring the unity and peaceful co-existence of Nigerians, irrespective of backgrounds and affiliations.
Source: The Nation
