BEVERLY HILLS, May 11, (THEWILL) – The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, on Thursday identified the social media as a security threat, adding that it propagates fake news that could easily instigate unwarranted violence.
He declared that security agencies must device proper mechanism to track down purveyors of fake information on the social media, even as he called on the media to be responsible in discharging it responsibilities to the society.
The monarch, who spoke in Abuja at the 2017 National Security Summit, attributed the insecurity in the country to corruption and hunger, stressing however that, “security must be placed above personal liberty”.
The event was focused on farmers/pastoralist clashes, kidnapping and other forms of violent crimes and bank security in Nigeria.
While calling on the Federal Government to implement recommendations of past summits, Abubakar said, “We have never been short of recommendations to solve our problems but we have not been committed and sincere. Our problem is implementation of the decisions we talk.
“For no reason should anyone hide under the guise of religion to undermine national security,” he added.
He called on political leaders and the judiciary to “play according to the rules of the the book” in discharging their duties, urging them to be more patriotic to the country above personal gains.
He expressed optimism that the summit would achieved the desired results, adding that security challenges should be seen beyond what have already been overemphasized overtime.
