Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Abubakar has asked that if anyone plans to attack the Igbos residing in the northern part of the country, such attack should be directed at him.
The Sultan made this assertion when the world Igbo union leader, Dr. Mishack Nnanta and resident Igbo chiefs, paid Eid homage at his palace. “If anybody or group of persons plans negative attack on Igbo, he or they should attack me first because I am against the so-called ultimatum issued by the Arewa youths that Igbo should leave the north,” he said.
He blamed the nation’s politicians for most of the problems faced by Nigerians saying. “They come to you during campaigns, promise you heaven in your house, air conditions on all roads and milk entering your mouth hourly without any effort from you. As soon as they win and go to Abuja, they start planning comfort for themselves while those from the rural areas move to state capitals, abandoning those who voted them,” he lamented. Nnanta earlier said that Igbo were peace-loving Nigerians whose stalk-in-trading was engaging in their businesses. “Igbo cannot leave peacefully in isolation from Nigeria. They should work towards ensuring proper integration, reconstruction as promised by Gen. Yakubu Gowon. They may agitate for creation of more states in the South-East to meet up with other geopolitical zones of the country,” he said.
Photo Credit: Getty
