The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, has endorsed the ongoing anti-corruption war of President Muhammadu Buhari.
The Sultan made the endorsement when he spoke with top United States officials at the Woodrow Wilson Centre, Washington DC, on Wednesday, July 27, Vanguard reports.
The paramount traditional ruler also solicited for more international support to the ongoing anti-corruption war in Nigeria. According to a statement issued by Kogunan Sokoto, Malam Danladi Bako, to newsmen on the Sultan’s visit to Washington DC.
“The Sultan not only endorsed the war against corruption, but decried the conversion of funds meant for the purchase of arms to fight Boko Haram to personal use by past government official.
“This was done with the connivance of some unscrupulous politicians. Such funds would have enhanced the capacity of the military to fast track the curtailment of insurgency in the north east of Nigeria,” it stated.
The sultan also implored the international community to be patient with the Buhari administration in its agenda of improving the economy, as well as the security situation in the country.
He urged them to support Nigeria with logistics and materials to address humanitarian challenges in the country.
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