The Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) has refuted claims that the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III, is plotting to Islamise Nigeria.
In a statement issued on Tuesday by its Deputy National Legal Adviser, Imam Haroun Muhammad Eze, the council described the allegation as “baseless, unfounded, and malicious.”
“The attention of the NSCIA has been drawn to a piece of mischievous information being circulated on social media, falsely ascribing to the Sultan a statement linked to the now-popular propaganda of Islamising Nigeria. This spurious information is not only false but entirely fabricated. The Sultan, who was purported to have made the statement, has been out of the country for the last two weeks,” the statement read.
The NSCIA stressed that the Sultan leads a diverse Muslim community across Nigeria and dismissed the notion that he could have made such remarks.
“While the council would ordinarily not respond to such a malicious act, it sees the need to educate the public to prevent misinformation from misleading undiscerning minds,” it added.
The council urged Nigerians to disregard the publication and verify information before sharing it.
