A non governmental organization, NGO , the Muslim Media Watch Group of Nigeria, MMWG, has called on President Bola Tinubu to call to order the on-going move by Sokoto State governor, Alhaji Ahmed Aliyu and the State House of Assembly to amend the provisions in the Sokoto Emirate Council Laws.
The group alleged that the motive behind the amendments is to whittle down the powers of the Sultan in exercising his rights as the Sultan of Sokoto and desecrated Sultanate Council.
MMWG, in a statement released in Abuja on Wednesday by its National Coordinator, Alhaji Ibrahim Abdullahi, maintained that the Sultan has the right to appoint District Heads, Village Heads and all traditional title holders in Sokoto State, adding that any attempt to amend the law and subject such rights “is to politicise the Sokoto Emirate Council appointments which would surely destroy the enviable and valuable tradition of the people of Sokoto State.”
It warned that the on-going Sokoto Emirate Council amendment by the Sokoto State House of Assembly could escalate the insecurity problem in the country, stating that is why it’s calling on the President Tinubu to stop Governor Aliyu from proceeding on the amendment process and withdrawal totally the amendment bill.
The group described Governor Aliyu’s amendment process as executive recklessness, political rascality and disrespect for the highest traditional Institution in the country.
It, therefore, called on the governor’s political mentor and former governor of the state, Senator Aliyu Wammako to halt what it called “nonsensical administration”, wondering what Governor Aliyu would gain by reducing the power of the Sultan other than destroying Sokoto Caliphate which does not belong to the people of Sokoto alone, but entire Muslim Ummah of Nigeria.
“It is high time the Federal Government realised the fact that any government that launches attack on our royal fathers and respected traditional institution in Nigeria, is launching attack on the entire Nigerians and this must be resisted at all costs,” it submitted.