The details of the closed-door meeting between Governir Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State and the Sultan of Sokoto, Mohammed Sa’ad Abubakar III, has emerged.
In an interview with newsmen shortly after the meeting on Monday, governor El-Rufai said that he is happy with the peace being brokered in Southern Kaduna by the Chief of Atyap, Dominic Gambo Yahaya.
“All humans are equal before our creator so your neighbour should be considered as your blood relation . Both Islam and Christianity teach us to love for others what we love for ourselves.
‘’Therefore, we are happy with what the Chief of Atyap started, may God reward him for inviting all the ethnic groups under his chiefdom and agreed to live in peace and harmony,’’ he said.
El-Rufai thanked the Sultan for paying him a courtesy visist at Government House, Kaduna and to share ideas with his government on how to end the killings in the state.
The governor added that the Sultan came to express support for the measures taken to promote peace in Kaduna State.
It always supprise me that the Nigeria media are not been fair to the people of southern kaduna on the injustice melted to our southern kaduna people, and the overwhelming negative utrance of the governor non of this Media reported it while the mass killing continue. I urge the media to always balance there report.