Drama as Sultan of Sokoto labels social media is terrorist organisation, cites concerns

• The Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III, has said societal media is simply a "terrorist organisation"
• Speaking astatine an lawsuit successful Maiduguri, the Sultan explained however societal media is utilized for spreading fake quality and inciting nationalist unrest
• The monarch, however, urged information agencies to instrumentality urgent enactment arsenic helium besides condemned the continued unit successful Plateau and different parts of Nigeria

Legit.ng writer Esther Odili has implicit 2 years of acquisition covering governmental parties and movements.

Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III, has described societal media arsenic a “terrorist organisation,” citing its relation successful spreading mendacious accusation and inciting unrest.

The Sultan explains however societal media is violent organisation. Photo credit: Ningi Emirate
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Sultan of Sokoto labels societal media a "terrorist organisation"

He made this assertion during the 7th Executive Committee Meeting of the Northern Traditional Rulers’ Council successful Maiduguri, Borno state capital.

Speaking astatine the event, the monarch urged information agencies to dainty societal media platforms with the aforesaid seriousness arsenic different threats to nationalist security.

“Social media is 1 violent organisation,” the Sultan said. “Somebody tin beryllium successful the comfortableness of their location and formulate stories and you volition see that it is true. Social media is simply a violent organisation that we indispensable woody with. Security agencies indispensable woody with this violent organisation called societal media.”

Sultan condemns Plateau killings

Sultan demands urgent enactment implicit killings successful Plateau, different parts of Nigeria. Photo credit: WOLE EMMANUEL/AFP via Getty Images
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As reported by Vanguard, helium besides condemned the ongoing unit and killings successful Plateau and different parts of the country, calling connected governmental leaders and information agencies to instrumentality urgent and decisive action.

“Our coming unneurotic arsenic accepted rulers successful the North, I believe, we person much than 86 successful the North. We volition talk with 1 dependable to accidental ‘enough is enough’ of this senseless sidesplitting of guiltless radical crossed the North and the country,” Sultan said.

The Sultan criticised the repeated issuing of condemnation statements without results and emphasised the request for applicable steps to extremity the violence.

“We, the accepted rulers, consciousness atrocious and saddened erstwhile our radical are killed by radical we don’t know. It’s precocious clip we worked harder, talked to ourselves and successful a closed-door meeting, sermon it. We shall counsel our governmental leaders, they are astatine the helm of affairs and we volition enactment with them,” helium concluded.

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US speaks connected viral accusation USAID allegedly funds Boko Haram

In a related development, Legit.ng reported that Richard Mills Jr, the United States (US) Ambassador to Nigeria, has dismissed allegations that a cardinal bureau successful his state funds Boko Haram oregon different violent organisations.

Recently, US President Donald Trump moved aggressively to unopen down the US Agency for International Development (USAID).

Prominent individuals had accused the USAID of financing panic groups similar Islamic State and al-Qaeda, including their section affiliates specified arsenic Boko Haram.

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