Insecurity: Fani-Kayode reacts to Sultan of Sokoto's statement

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A former Aviation Minister and the chieftain of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Femi Fani-Kayode, has commended the Sultan of Sokoto, Saad Abubakar III, over his remark on Northern Nigeria being unsafe.

Fani-Kayode said the Sultan’s remark was a wake-up call that leaders should ensure peace and not play politics with the lives of Nigerians.

Abubakar had said the North was the worst place in Nigeria due to the activities of bandits.

Speaking in Abuja, the monarch had said contrary to the perception of some Nigerians, bandits have made the North unsafe.

The monarch lamented that bandits openly go about their activities in the North, despite the presence of security operatives.

However, the former Minister in a series of tweets wrote: “The north is the worst place to be in this country because bandits go about in the villages with their AK47 and nobody talks to them. They stop at the markets and buy things and even collect change with their weapons – Sultan of Sokoto.

“Deeply courageous of His Eminence the Sultan of Sokoto to speak truth in this way.

“This is a matter of life and death and we must not play politics with it. May God help our leaders from all over our country and across party lines to restore law and order and establish peace in Nigeria.”

Deeply courageous of His Eminence the Sultan of Sokoto to speak truth in this way. This is a matter of life & death & we must not play politics with it. May God help our leaders from all over our country & across party lines to restore law & order & establish peace in Nigeria.

— Femi Fani-Kayode (@realFFK) November 27, 2020

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Jasper says:

November 28, 2020 at 6:39 pm

Buhari has finished Nigeria.

Nigeria is heading to the Golgotha with this unimaginativePresident in power.

He thinks he is helping Northerners by allowing banditry and his Fulani herdsmen killers to be perpetrating all manner of criminal activities without arrests and prosecutions.

With Buhari in power, his Fulani herdsmen killers have become above the law and UNTOUCHABLE.

TIME WILL TELL, the wisdom or foolishness for allowing evil and criminalities to fester, in the name of championing Fulani herdsmen killers supremacy and domination of the rest of the ethnic nationalities.

What a prejudiced and Clueless government. What an Evil regime what a political baggage.

What a situation. I take a stroll. Nonsense.

Tony says:

November 28, 2020 at 5:01 pm

This shows that the SARS was just set up to terrorise the South while the North were allowed to do whatever they liked. They North should be commended for graduating from carrying the dagger to brandishing AK-47. The next thing you will hear is that Northerners have been permitted to produce and sell bombs because Northerners are thought how to produce bombs from age 10.

Kess says:

November 28, 2020 at 2:31 pm

Unfortunately, you don’t hear these stories in the media because it’s in the north. We have accepted the fact that north doesn’t have strong media to report the atrocities of these bandits.
““People think the north is safe but that assumption is not true. In fact, it’s the worst place to be in this country. Because bandits go around in the villages, households and markets with their AK 47 rifles and nobody is challenging them. They stop at the market, buy things, pay and collect change, with their weapons openly displayed. These are facts I know because I am at the centre of it. I am not only a traditional ruler; I am also a religious leader.

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Any news media that dares to report the true picture of insecurity in the North might be fined for peddling FAKE NEWS.

While other regions hitherto have been lamenting insecurity in the kwauntri, the north has often refuted and never participated in anything aimed at solving this, so we can well conclude this is fake news.