Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar has bared his mind on the state of the nation.

He said: “A lot of people have been arrested over banditry and terrorism, but how many of them have been jailed or executed? These people have killed thousands of people.”

“Some people should pay for all these atrocities. The NSA and the service chiefs should all resign by now, because they have failed. Let us get new people with fresh ideas to confront the situation.”

“The President, Muhammadu Buhari, knows how to recruit people to work for him, but he doesn’t know how to sack them. Unless, we all speak up and tell one another the truth, there may be no Nigeria even in 2023. We don’t pray so.”

“The government has told us they know those who are behind the insecurity. If this culture of impunity is taken care of, and a lot of people are either imprisoned or executed, other criminals will think twice, but it is like these people have turned insecurity into big business.”

“In Nigeria, the bane of our problem is corruption. Anywhere people think there is money, a lot corrupt elements move to that side. The issue of insecurity in Nigeria is the new ‘crude oil’ because that is where the money is.”

“As soon as the issue of the Igbo presidency took a life of its own, the spate of insecurity heightened in the South-East. Today, Anambra is under siege. People are being killed, public assets are being destroyed to the point where the State Governor has shutdown all the local government headquarters. It is that bad.”

“We (Igbos) are part of Nigeria and no amount of intimidation or insecurity or blackmail will make us less Nigerians. We are the most federated of all the units in Nigeria and we have contributed to the utmost development of every part of the country. We have paid our dues in Nigeria.”