Sultan, NSCIA condemns attack on Emir of Kano

The condemnation by Abubakar, who is also the Sultan of Sokoto, was contained in a statement signed by Ustaz Amin Igwegbe, Director of Administraion, NSCIA, in Abuja.
 
The statement quoted Abubakar as describing the attack as senseless and irresponsible.

``His Eminence, Alhaji Saad Abubakar, the Sultan of Sokoto and President-General NSCIA and the entire Muslim Ummah in Nigeria whole heartedly condemn the inhuman attack on the Emir of Kano, Alhaji Ado Bayero."

 
He described the attack as " incomprehensible, irresponsible and a senseless gun attack on one of the most revered traditional rulers in the country."

 
The statement described the traditional institution in Nigeria as a non-partisan institution that had been a great rallying point for the NSCIA.

 
It appealed to security agencies at all levels to intensify investigations into that act of terrorism and extremism with a

view to bringing the culprits to book.

``We hereby reiterate the statement made earlier by His Eminence,saying the good people of Nigeria should team up and fight the evil ones among us.


``Nothing within any religion, certainly not within Islamic teachings, allows for the support of evil, in any form, for
any purpose,’’ he said.

 
The statement called on Muslims and well-meaning Nigerians to offer special prayers for the departed souls of the victims of the attacks and also for the speedy recovery of the wounded.

It would be recalled that some gunmen on Saturday attacked the convoy of the emir, killing some of his palace guards and wounding many others including his two sons.

The incident took place after the emir’s convoy departed from a Qur’anic graduation ceremony at the Murtala Muhammed Mosque in Kano