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The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, has cautioned politicians and public office holders against sponsoring pilgrimages to Holy lands of Mecca and Jerusalem with stolen public funds.

​The Sultan gave the charge at the opening ceremony of the stakeholders’ meeting organised by the Nigeria Inter-Religious Council (NIREC) in Abuja, on Wednesday.

​Addressing participants, the traditional cum religious leader emphasised that religious leaders should actively collaborate with anti-corruption agencies to curb systemic graft.

​“We, as religious leaders, must fight corruption because God Almighty doesn’t like corruption

“You cannot steal money and send people to Jerusalem or Mecca with corrupt funds and think God will accept your deeds. God is not corrupt, so you cannot use corrupt money for Hajj or anything else,” he said.

​The Sultan urged the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to deal decisively with corrupt individuals, regardless of their political or religious affiliations.

“Whoever is involved—our brothers, sisters, fathers, or friends should face the law.

“When someone is facing the law, do not tell me he is the pastor of so-and-so church or the chief imam of so-and-so mosque. We do not want to hear that,” he said.

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