Sultan Must Be Protected – Shettima Reacts to Alleged Plans to Depose Monarch

Vice-President Kashim Shettima has asserted that the Sultan of Sokoto, His Eminence Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III, must be protected diligently.

Speaking at the ongoing North West Peace & Security Summit following reports that the Sokoto government is allegedly planning to depose the monarch, Shettima emphasized that “the Sultan is an institution” that everyone in the country “must guard, protect, promote, preserve, and project for the good of our nation.”

He said:

“Our father, who plays a permanent role in all developmental issues in this country, His Eminence the Sultan of Sokoto, is my point of reference as I recognize and appreciate all our royal fathers present here.

“And to the Deputy Governor of Sokoto, I have a simple message for you. Yes, the Sultan is the Sultan of Sokoto, but he is much more than that; he represents an idea. He is an institution that all of us in this country need to jealously guard, protect, promote, preserve, and project for the good of our nation.”