Fulani killers in Taraba must be punished – Sultan

By Najib Sani Bauchi

Sultan of Sokoto and leader of the Supreme Council of Islamic Aff airs (SCIA), Alhaji Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar III, has charged the government of Taraba state to set up a Judicial Commission of Inquiry to investigate the recent uprising in Mambila where thousands of people were reportedly killed.

Speaking during the opening ceremony of the National Symposium and Launching of 2025 Vision and 2017 General Assembly Meeting of Da’awah Coordinating Council of Nigeria (DCCN) held on Friday in Bauchi, the Sultan described the Mambila genocide as “inhumane and a barbaric act.” “Th e government must come openly and condemn the act, and put a committee either judicial or tribunal or whatever it is to fi nd out who are responsible for the act and those people found must be punished”. “We will not allow that thing to die like that; we will follow it to conclusiveness.

If it means taking to higher authority, we will do so and we will not abandon our people,” he said. T h e Sultan, who e x p l a i n e d that they were in touch with governors and other leaders on the issue, emphasised the need for people to allow them do what ought to be done. Th e Sultan, therefore, called on religious and political leaders to address the issues and make attempts to douse tensions in the country, as he suggested the setting up of a Th ink-Tank for the DCCN that could easily take decision on behalf of all members through reaching out to leaders. “Th at will be a better way of handling issues, let’s not wait until we have such crisis in our hands and then we start crying, there is no need crying over spilled milk. It is better to take action before certain things go out of hand. In his welcome address, the chairman of Da’awah Coordination Council of Nigeria, Malam Lawal Maidoki, noted that the way Taraba state government allegedly looked away while the massacre was being carried out against the ‘Fulani.’

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