“We sitting on a keg of gunpowder”: Sultan of Sokoto explains why Nigeria is sitting on gunpowder

  • Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar has lamented about the deteriorating socio-economic and insecurity ravaging the country.
  • The monarch said Nigeria is sitting on a keg of gunpowder with a large number of unemployed youths with no food to eat
  • He said the state of insecurity and the rising level of poverty are two issues that show all is not well in the country

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Kaduna state – The Chairman, Northern Traditional Rulers’ Council and Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar lll said Nigeria is sitting on a keg of gunpowder.