The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Abaubakar Sa’ad lll has condemned the attack on #EndSARS protesters by soldiers in Lagos.
The Sultan of Sokoto, who is the spiritual leader of Nigerian Muslims, decried the hijack of a peaceful protest by hoodlums which had resulted into killings and destructions of property.
He appealed to the Federal Government to apply wisdom and maturity in handling the crisis.
The Sultan spoke through the Secretary General of the JNI, Dr. Khalid Abubakar Aliyu in a statement in Kaduna on Thursday.
In the statement titled, #EndSARS imbroglio: general appeal for calm,’ the religious body, also appealed to genuine protesters to withdraw from the streets.