THE killing of two monarchs in Ekiti State on Monday and the murder of another one in Kwara State on Thursday night have elicited shock and apprehension
The Sultan of Sokoto and President-General of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), Alhaji Muhammad Sa'ad Abubakar, has condemned in strongest terms, the recent killing of two traditional rulers in Ekiti State. The Sultan said in a statement issued by his media team on Friday that the gut by which traditional rulers are ambushed and killed in Nigeria like life no longer matters in the country, makes perpetrators of such heinous, wicked and condemnable acts unfit to remain amidst human community, if found.
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The cleric who doubles as the Chairman, Abia Elders Consultative Forum, further canvassed that religious leaders be constitutionally assigned arbitration role to serve as Assistant Magistrates to handle cases in rural communities.