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The Sultan\u2019s stool is not only traditional. It is also religious. In the same vein, his jurisdiction goes beyond Sokoto. It covers the whole of Nigeria. He is the spiritual head of all Nigerian Muslims.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Akintola warned that any governor that \u201ctampers with the stool of the Sultan will have Nigerian Muslims to reckon with because the Sultan combines the office of the Sultan of Sokoto and that of the President General of the NSCIA.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The MURIC boss said the alleged move by Aliyu could force Nigerian Muslims to take revolutionary measures.<\/p>\n<p>He said having a traditional ruler as leader has been a condition Nigerian Muslims accepted a long time ago as a necessary weakness in the structure in which they have to live.<\/p>\n<p>Akintola said Abubakar is not only the \u201cSultan of Sokoto but the Sultan of the Nigerian people\u201d because \u201chis performance and style of leadership have warmed him into the hearts of Nigerians.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNigerian Muslims North and South of the country may be constrained to pick Islamic scholars only as President General of the NSCIA and overall leader of Nigerian Muslims,\u201d Akintola said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt will be farewell to the leadership of traditional rulers over the NSCIA and an irreversible departure from Sokoto\u2019s priviledged leadership position. 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