Former presidential aide, Reno Omokri has defended the Sultan of Sokoto , His Eminence, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III, over the establishment of Sharia courts in the South-west.
The Sultan has come under fire from Christians and other groups after the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) threw its weight behind the push to establish Sharia courts in South-West states.
The NSCIA in a statement on Wednesday decried what it described as the “high spate of intolerance and disregard for the rights of Muslims, especially in the Southern part of the country.
The Sultan-led council argued that contrary to the assertion of South-West governors, Sharia courts are backed by the Nigerian Constitution.
Accordingly, many groups, Christians and traditional worshippers from the region had called out the Sultan, accusing him of trying to create religious disharmony in South west .
However, Omokri in his defence of the Sultan said Abubakar is not just a traditional ruler, but also a religious leader, who has been more responsible than anybody alive in Nigeria today, for helping to maintain peaceful religious coexistence, and ethnic harmony in the country.
Omokri in a post on X on Thursday stated that the Sultan has never castigated other faiths or instigated Muslims against their neighbours.
He warned against abusing the Sultan, who he described has somebody who has regularly demonstrated fidelity to the stability of Nigeria.
He urged those who are against the Sultan’s opinion on the establishment of Sharia in the South-west to exercise the highest level of honour and dignity to his person.
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