Insecurity: Sultan Of Sokoto Reveals How To Solve Religious Extremism

The Sultan of Sokoto, HRH Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar, said the only way the government can solve the problem of religious extremism is through education.

According to the monarch, most people turn religion upside down to suit them because they have not been properly guided on the right teaching of Islam and Christianity.

Abubakar disclosed this on Wednesday in Sokoto at the second education summit organised by the Nigerian Army Education Corps.

He said: “So many people turn religion upside down to suit them because they have not been properly guided on what should be the teachings, especially of the two major religions.

“This has been a serious challenge to us. So education is one area where we can deal properly with the challenge of extremism.

“Those fuelling insecurity in the country has turned the true knowledge upside down and interpreted it the best way they understood.

“The more we come together and talk, the more we proffer possible solutions to various prevailing issues that we are facing as a country.

“Hence the need of having to properly educate people in the society.”

Meanwhile, one of the leaders of the bandit groups operating in the North West has revealed why the popular Goronyo market in Sokoto State was attacked on Monday.

Naija News had reported that more than 43 persons were killed as bandits invaded the Goronyo market in Goronyo Local Government Area of the state.

The bandits stormed the weekly market on 100 motorcycles, shooting sporadically and killing several persons in the process.

But according to Daily Trust, the bandits’ leader, Shehu Rekeb, the attack was perpetrated by bandits close to both the two notorious warlords in the area, Kachallah Turji and Halilu Sububu.

He said the Goronyo community was attacked to avenge the killings of some Fulani in the area, who were murdered last week.

Rekeb accused the people of Goronyo of killing some Fulani Muslim worshippers at Unguwar Lalle area, adding that such an attack would continue until further notice.

The notorious bandits’ leader slammed President Muhammadu Buhari for condemning the Goronyo killings but failed to talk about the killings of the “innocent Fulani worshippers”