Copy Of Letter From Coalition Of Yoruba Groups To Sultan Sahad Abubaka
OODUA GROUPS
WRITE SULTAN OF SOKOTO
Open letter
to the Sultan of Sokoto, Abubakar Said and the Fulani leaders
August 08, 2019
The Sultan
of Sokoto and Fulani Leader
His Eminence
AlhajiAbubakarSa’ad
THE STATE OF
THE NATION
We write
this letter to you considering your importance as the head of the Fulani people
in Nigeria. You are also the head of Fulani Muslims in Nigeria.It is our hope
that you will be able to share the thoughts expressed here with the 7 million
Fulani people in Nigeria through your traditional means of communication.
We write to
honour you with this letter, given the floundering opportunities for a dialogue
on the future of Nigeria, which has eluded the various ethnic groups in Nigeria
and which may not enhance itself too soon.
Given the
drumbeats of armed violence and extremism perpetrated largely by your people,
and the fleeting prospects of a national dialogue, we hope this letter will not
be the last opportunity to constructively engage you and the Fulani nation.
We, on behalf of ApapoOoduaKoya, (AOKOYA), a
coalition of several Itsekiri, Edo and Yoruba groups write with our deepest feelings about the
Nigerian state and what appears to be the pitfalls that lay ahead, most of
which are oiled and orchestrated by your own people, the Fulani, albeit
consciously.
