Sultan Abubakar called on Muslim clerics to use Friday's Jumm'at prayer to calm nerves and pray for sustainable peace and restraint in the ongoing protest.
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“We genuinely feared escalation to an uncontrollable scenario and the reports are tilting towards that. Therefore, we, in the name of Allah, the Most High, call for an end to the snowballing rampaging, in the name of protest. “The Qur’anic guidance in trying moments remains “When the suffering reached them from us, why then did they not learn humility?” Qur’an 6:43. Hence, sober reflection, sincere humility, and continued prayer to Allah, the Ever Merciful is the antidote to the quagmire.PREMIUM TIMES delivers fact-based journalism for Nigerians, by Nigerians — and our community of supporters, the readers who donate, make our work possible.
“A clarion call is therefore made to all leaders and the Nigerian citizens to fear Allah, for it is through such a spiritual medium that Allah’s intervention descends with full assurance from Him, the Ever Merciful. “Nevertheless, the Sultan of Sokoto, implores the President, Federal Republic of Nigeria to address the nation, by assuring all Nigerians that peace, security, stability, relief to hardship and food security would be achieved under his stewardship, in-sha Allah.“Likewise, State Governors should also calm nerves, as silence is no longer golden at this moment of anxiety.
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