The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, has called on the Nigerian Army to resist tribalism, warning that it could divide the institution and the country.

The Sultan made this plea on Wednesday in Bauchi during the commissioning of the newly constructed Nigerian Army Armoured Corps headquarters complex and the reunion and pulling out parade of retired senior armoured officers.

Abubakar said, “You are in the military now and many issues are centered around where you come from, who is a Muslim, who is a Christian, who is Hausa, Igbo or Yoruba in the country. We never knew these things many years ago. Please, don’t allow this to seep into the army as it would be the one thing that could divide us and the country.”

The Sultan also cautioned citizens against maligning military personnel engaged in various operations to restore peace across the country. He emphasised, “Nigerians need to help and pray for the military because without security, we cannot even go to sleep, go to work or even to worship centres.”

The Bauchi State governor, Bala Mohammed, represented by his deputy, Auwal Mohammed Jatau, assured of the state’s readiness to support the Nigerian Army and other security agencies in ensuring peace and the protection of lives and property of citizens.

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Ok

When he himself is the chief tribalist and his forefathers captured all hausa thrones and distribute it among his own kinsmen...!!!

How long do we keep pretending we have no idea the real Nigerian issue

Why did he not say so under Buhari? Hypocritical leaders everywhere, from North to South.

Tribalism entered Nigeria army as far back as 1970s

Honestly I look at our military I shake my heads... The poor training they received shown in every Posible way

You have a military where the side of nigeria that performs well in education suddenly fails in the army while the region with just as much graduate as IMO state becomes majority[b] ( yes IMO state produce almost same graduate as North West and North East combined) [/b]

So you need anyone to tell u there is nepotism?

When you promote someone based on nepotism people he trains would be badly trained...

Then you use nepotism to select among the worse or those poorly trained to train the next set...
Then set the worse trained of that set to command the next set.. Do this for 50 years and you have Nigerian Army

So long as this soldier and his ilks are still in d nigerian army.........it's a long road to freedom!

Just imagine the outcry if a yoruba/Hausa soldier had said this about Igbós.

The headline should have been

Disallow Tribalism Into Your Affairs, Sultan Tells Nigerian Army

Wahala

Most Yoruba Muslims are very tribalistic but some of them are now calming down

Tribalism in Nigeria army that made them sacrificed 4 Igbo soldiers in their false flag operation during 30th May Biafra remembrance day.

Sultan should take several seats.
Was he not the one who ran to adamawa to cry when the people carried out reprisals against his rampaging herder grandchildren?

Where was he when the entire security architecture under Buhari were headed by northern Muslims?

Small emi lokan and tears everywhere. Make he no worry, pear still Dey boil, he will chop corn and pear this season, then his state governor go put small coconut on top

What! A typical yaribba is a tribal bigot they have proven that time and time again. It's nothing new, they are proud of it

Coolsperm:
Most Yoruba Muslims are very tribalistic but some of them are now calming down

Funkyswagzz:
What typical yaribba is tribal bigot they have proven that time and time again. It's nothing new, they are proud of it

See them

You guys hate Yorubas and Northerners for no good reason. This level of bitterness is terrible.

Thorough background checks should be conducted to flush out tribalists like you from the Army.

edani:
How long do we keep pretending we have no idea the real Nigerian issue

Pretence is why we are sinking more as a nation.

And he fails to mention religion?

😆

The Northerners own the Nigerian army

Forget all this sentiment
They know it

imo state produce more graduate than north west and north east combine?that statement is a reckless lie made out of the pit of ipob tribalism,you are no different from who you are trying to accuse

mrvitalis:
Tribalism entered Nigeria army as far back as 1970s

Honestly I look at our military I shake my heads... The poor training they received shown in every Posible way

You have a military where the side of nigeria that performs well in education suddenly fails in the army while the region with less graduate than IMO state becomes majority[b] ( yes IMO state produce more graduate than North West and North East combined) [/b]

So you need anyone to tell u there is nepotism?

When you promote someone based on nepotism people he trains would be badly trained...

Then you use nepotism to select among the worse or those poorly trained to train the next set...
Then set the worse trained of that set to command the next set.. Do this for 50 years and you have Nigerian Army

Hmmmmmmm

Abubakar said, “You are in the military now and many issues are centered around where you come from, who is a Muslim, who is a Christian, who is Hausa, Igbo or Yoruba in the country. We never knew these things many years ago. Please, don’t allow this to seep into the army as it would be the one thing that could divide us and the country.”

Big fat lie. He is a liar.
Tribalism in the Nigerian Army is as old as NA. Why was the first coup plotted?

The Sultan could have said this when his brothers were in power.

How can IGBOS be allowed to be plentiful in the Nigerian army nah. WE ARE TOO DANGEROUS.
Even the U.S and their allied forces still dey regulate the military strength of Germany, Japan, and other countries that lost during the second world war.

Lols ..A Muslim teaching us what tribalism is all about

Funny people

Thus sultan should only be giving advice to his local government where his power covers. A man who is more bigot than Buhari giving advice about tribalism.

Dey play. Is there any sector for this country wey tribalism never consume? Especially from Yourobad moslems

Do people holding weapons and being paid tax payers money have to be told all these? Are they really soldiers? What is all this all about If the army has to be formatted and moles jailed for life, the C in C should do it!!!! I hate nonsense!!!!!!!!

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