Verbatim: “There is serious hunger in the land!”- Sultan

Verbatim: “There is serious hunger in the land!”- Sultan

Monday, March 16, 2020 8:49 am


Sultan Abubakar

“There is a very serious virus that is killing people much higher than coronavirus. That virus is hunger; there is hunger virus and it’s very serious. You need to go round the country into the villages, into the towns and see how people are really struggling to survive”

     -Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad Abubakar III

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  • Joseph says:
    March 16, 2020 at 8:52 am

    The reason is simple; the Fulani herders, your kit and kin, have sacked people from their farms; no farminng, no food/feeding!!

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