The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar has condemned the killings in Benue, adding that God is angry with the killers.
He made this known at the 1st General Assembly of Inter-faith Dialogue Forum held in Abuja on Thursday.
According to The Punch, the Sultan, a retired Brigadier General, queried the competence and readiness of the security agencies to stop the menace.
While urging religious and political leaders to shun inflammatory comments that can escalate the crises, the President General of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs called for concerted efforts to bring the situation under control.
Also, the traditional ruler charged Nigerians to be more concerned about the daily loss of lives and property in the state rather than the religion or ethnicity of the perpetrators.
Sultan Abubakar also confirmed that he is a patron of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) but said the group has no control over the herdsmen, whom he said we’re preoccupied with their animals in the bush.
He said the group was established 32 years ago to assist the members, urging Nigerians not to demonise all Fulani people because of the activities of few criminals among them.
The Sultan also described as baseless the allegations of attempted Islamisation of Nigeria, warning religious and political leaders against heating up the polity.
The religious leader added that he visited Benue three times and offered recommendations on the resolution of the farmers/herdsmen crisis but the recommendations were ignored.