Islamic group raises alarm over ‘plot to depose Sultan of Sokoto’
The Muslim Rights Concern has expressed concern on anxiety over alleged plan to depose the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar.plot to remove the Sultan if the party wins the governorship election in Sokoto.Addressing newsmen at the palace, one of their leaders, Murtala Abdulrahman, said, “We are at the palace to alert the Sultan to the evil plot by the APC to remove him if they win the governorship election.
But state chairman of the APC, Isa Acida, addressing journalists at the party secretariat, described the claim as a plot by Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, ahead of governorship election. “The system must be strengthened in such a way that it is made impossible for anyone, governor or even president, to wake up one day and say he wants to depose the Sultan.
“But the reality on ground goes beyond grandstanding. The extant laws are on the side of the state governor if he decides to depose the Sultan. Section 6 Cap 26 of the Laws of Northern Nigeria empowers the governor to do that with any emir in his state. He hires and fires them. This was how Sultan Ibrahim Dasuki was removed by a military governor in 1996.
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