Sokoto Govt Denies Plot to Dethrone Sultan
The Sokoto state government has called on Nigeria’s Vice President, Kashim Shettima, to always cross-check facts before commenting on sensitive national matters, saying it had no plan to depose the Sultan of Sokoto.
The state government in a press statement signed by the Chief Press Secretary to the state governor, Abubakar Bawa, and made available to newsmen in the state on Tuesday, said the story on Sultan’s planned removal is false and just imagination of the writer.
Vice President, Kashim Shettima while speaking at the North West Peace & Security Summit in Katsina on Monday, warned the Sokoto state government against an alleged plot to depose the Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad Saad Abubakar II.
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The statement reads, “This is coming in the wake of a recent pronouncement made by the Vice President in Katsina regarding the false story circulating that the Ahmed Aliyu-led administration is planning to remove Sultan Muhammad Saad Abubakar.
“We sincerely expected the Vice President to have consulted the Governor before going public.
“The state government urges Vice President Shettima as No. 2 citizen to have full knowledge on issues of national concern before commenting on them.
