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I did not order Fulanis to kill anybody in Adamawa – Sultan

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-Sultan of Sokoto denies making incitements that led to the recent killing of Fulanis in Adamawa state. 

-He also emphasized the need for Nigerians to work together for the unity and progress of the nation.

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Mohammad Sa’ad Abubakar calls for punishment for those involved in Numan killings in Adamawa state.

The Sultan of Sokoto, his eminence, Mohammad Sa’ad Abubakar III, has denied all forms of involvement in the recent killings that happened in Numan, Adamawa state.

According to him, he will never any form of killings or support Fulani to pick up arms to kill any Nigerian.

Abubakar said this on Monday while reacting to reports which quoted him as making inciting comments concerning the recent killing of some Fulanis in Numan, Adamawa state.

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Represented by Muhammadu Sanusi II, emir of Kano, he was quoted to have said that “what happened in Numan would not go unpunished” and warned against misconstruing the “patience (of the Fulanis) for weakness”.

Also speaking on Monday at the meeting of northern traditional rulers council alongside some southern leaders, in Kaduna, the sultan said nothing would make him urge anyone to carry arms illegally.

He said: “As a Fulani leader, I am the leader of Fulanis in this country and in the West African sub-region. I live with so many people and I know their problems and I will never call on any Fulani to pick up arms to kill anybody.

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“I have said it so many times at so many fora, those people picking up arms killing people are criminals and whoever you are, whether you are Igbo, Hausa or Yoruba or Fulani, you have no right to take up arms and kill anybody.

“If you see such thing happening then there must be a failure of government , but if government wakes up to their responsibility, some of these things will not happen.

“We keep on calling on everyone to please maintain peace and allow the constituted authority to take up this issues and we will continue to put pressure on them, until they continue to find solution to this dastardly act.”

Abubakar further stressed the need for collaborative efforts between various ethnic groups, religious enclave and political groupings to work together for the unity and progress of Nigeria.

“Tell us what you think we should do to make life better for everybody, as we will tell you too what to do to make life better for our people living with you because we are great family and we will continue to extend that hand of love to everybody, irrespective of tribe or religion, irrespective of political party lineage.”