The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar lll-led Jama’atu Nasril Islam on Tuesday knocked Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State, and a former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, for linking the herdsmen killings across Benue, Taraba and other parts of the North, to the continuation of the late Usman Danfodio’s jihad.
The Sultan is the President General of the JNI with its headquarters in Kaduna.
The group warned the governor and his cohorts, not to take Nigerian Muslims for granted by denigrating the Muslim community.
This was just as the JNI urged Nigerian Muslims to intensify prayers for peace as the 2019 general elections approach. Read more