Nigeria: Stop Blaming Fulani Herdsmen for Every Attack, Sultan Tells Nigerians

4 July 2016

The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa'ad Abubakar III, yesterday advised Nigerians to stop attributing religious to anything negative, decrying that Fulani hardsmen are being accused of every attack in the country.

Speaking during a dinner organised for religious leaders, security agencies and media practitioners in his palace in Sokoto at the weekend, the monarch wondered why people blame Fulani herdsmen for every attack in the community.

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