The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Saad Abubakar, on Wednesday urged Muslims in Nigeria to fervently pray for peace to reign in the country.
Abubakar, who is also the President-General of Jamaatu Nasril Islam, made the call in a statement issued in Kaduna.
The statement was signed by the Secretary General of JNI, Dr. Khalid Aliyu, and made available to News Agency of Nigeria.
The Sultan advised Muslims nationwide to recite the Al-Qunut special supplication in all mosques across the country during the five obligatory daily prayers.
He said the prayers were necessary to wad off further “human or natural catastrophe”.
Abubakar condemned the killing of students of the Federal Government College, Buni Yadi in Yobe State, saying it was a senseless killing perpetrated by criminals.
“The barbaric and heinous attack is utterly condemnable in its totality,” the Sultan said.
He recalled similar attacks in the past and called on the Federal Government to wake up to its responsibility of protecting lives and property of Nigerians, especially the North East.
“Human lives are sacred and must be treated as so,” he said.
The Sultan called for probe of the incidents, adding: “It is hardly believable that such dastardly acts could still occur, thus JNI is seriously perturbed by such unabated repeated acts.”
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