[VIDEO] You Can’t Use Corrupt Money To Send People On Pilgrimage, Sultan Tells Political Leaders

 

The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, has cautioned political leaders against sponsoring pilgrimages to Mecca and Jerusalem with stolen public funds.

The Sultan, who spoke on Wednesday in Abuja at the public presentation of the commission’s inter-faith manual to religious bodies on Wednesday, said God is not corrupt and doesn’t like corruption.

“And we as religious leaders, we must fight corruption. Why? Because God Almighty doesn’t like corruption. You cannot steal money and then send people to Jerusalem and Mecca with corrupt money, and then you think God will accept your deeds. No,” he said.

“God is not corrupt, so He doesn’t like corruption. So you cannot use corrupt money to send people to Jerusalem or to Saudi Arabia for Hajj or for any other thing.”

The monarch urged religious leaders to come together and help the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to fight corruption

“And whoever is involved, even our brothers, our sisters, our fathers, our friends, those involved should face the law,” he told the gathering.

“And law is no respecter of anybody. Whoever does something wrong, he should face the law. And when he’s facing the law, don’t tell me he is the pastor of so-so and so church, he’s the chief man of so-so and so national mosque.

“We don’t want to hear that. Let the EFCC go after that person, whoever it is, and deal with him according to the law, and the law is a law.”

Watch the Sultan’s full address in the video below.

 

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