Sultan of Sokoto demands stiffer punishment for criminals

The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, on Wednesday in Abuja urged religious leaders to maintain neutrality before, during and after the forthcoming general elections to enhance national cohesion.

We've lost 139 people in less than two months, Sultan of Sokoto cries out

The Sultan of Sokoto, Saád Abubakar, has demanded a stiffer penalty for criminals who are helbent on killing innocent lives across the country.

On Sunday, some Northern elders commended the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar 111 for summoning the courage to speak on the deplorable security situation in the North.⁣ ⁣ Today, on ‘Inside Stuff,’ multi-award-winning columnist and Executive Head of The Guardian's Editorial Board, Martins Oloja, talks about how the Sultan of Sokoto comment on insecurity, poverty, and the effect of insecurity in the North cannot be ignored, as he’s speaking to his people who are in charge of the security of the nation, also using the Sultan’s comment to advice the commander in chief to review the operations architecture of security in the country.⁣

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo is in a closed door meeting with the Sultan of Sokoto, his Eminence Mohammed Sa'ad Abubakar, Cardinal John Onaeiyakan, and Former military head of state Abdulsalam Abubakar.