{"id":4310,"date":"2021-03-12T13:50:17","date_gmt":"2021-03-12T12:50:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=4310"},"modified":"2021-03-12T13:50:17","modified_gmt":"2021-03-12T12:50:17","slug":"regimes-of-ironsi-gowon-obasanjo-laid-foundation-for-insecurity-sultan-of-sokoto-alleges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/03\/12\/regimes-of-ironsi-gowon-obasanjo-laid-foundation-for-insecurity-sultan-of-sokoto-alleges\/","title":{"rendered":"Regimes of Ironsi, Gowon, Obasanjo laid foundation for insecurity, Sultan of Sokoto alleges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Alhaji Muhammad Sa&#8217;ad Abubakar III, the Sultan of Sokoto and overall leader of Nigerian muslims has alleged that the regimes of\u00a0Generals Aguiyi Ironsi, Yakubu Gowon and Olusegun Obasanjo laid the foundation for insecurity currently witnessed in the country.<\/p>\n<p>This allegation was made by the Sultan of Sokoto while speaking at a meeting with the Steering Committee of the Senate Constitution Review Committee on Thursday March 11.<\/p>\n<p>Sultan of Sokoto said\u00a0Ironsi\u2019s 1966 Unitary Government Decree, Gowon\u2019s 1967 and Obasanjo\u2019s 1976 Local Government Reforms Decrees stripped traditional rulers of their powers and gave same to the local government councils.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, these decrees<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>relegated the traditional institution to the background with no constitutional role.<\/p>\n<p>The Sultan of Sokoto who was represented at the event by\u00a0the Etsu Nupe Alhaji Yahaya Abubakar, averred that before the 1976 local government reforms, Nigeria was progressive, peaceful, decent and full of beautiful traditions and cultures.<\/p>\n<p>The monarch appealed to the National Assembly to restore their constitutional powers, and also alleged that the colonialists needed the traditional rulers to consolidate their indirect rule; the politicians to stabilize their governments and the military, to gain acceptance.<\/p>\n<p>He said;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-transform: initial\">\u201cAll the respective levels of governments needed them to maintain peace and security as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/03\/11\/photos-buhari-receives-ooni-sultan-other-traditional-rulers-in-abuja\/\">traditional rulers<\/a> were always at hand to douse conflict that the police, the military and the government officials could not contain.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cCurrently, traditional rulers do not have the constitutional or other legal backings to perform effectively as they\u2019re not even mentioned in the 1999 constitution. This is a great departure from all earlier constitutions that recognized them, and even gave them some functions to perform.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIndeed, all the Nigerian earlier constitutions gave the chairmen of the State Councils of Chiefs seats in the National Council of State alongside former Presidents and Chief Justices.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added that the constitution should be amended to give the traditional institution a unique constitutional recognition, noting that no community or nation would thrive successfully without due consideration of its historical evolution, customs, values and beliefs.<\/p>\n<p>The Sultan said;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-transform: initial\">\u201cThe constitutional provision should provide for states to enact state laws that cater for specific peculiar matters relating to traditional rulers in the respective states. 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