No fewer than 19 traditional rulers in Sokoto State have resigned their appointment in Sabon Birni Local Government Area of the State.
The monarchs, according to a BBC Hausa report monitored by our correspondent, said resignation was the last option as their communities were allegedly being neglected by the state authorities.
According to the report,those who resigned included Sarkin Gabas na Sabon Birni,Magajin Dawaki, that of Danfaru,Sabon Fegi, among others .
Abdullahi Muhammad Bawa, one of the traditional rulers who tendered his resignation, told the BBC Hausa in an interview, that the State Government had earlier threatened to sack him.
He said " first of all in my capacity as a district head, a leader who stays with the people, I visited the Senator to appreciate what he has been doing for the people of Eastern Sokoto. I was threatened just for visiting him.I therefore resigned on my own, I'm no longer a district head .There are 13 others who have resigned also,just as I've done."
He said they had to resign and aligned with the Senator who had rolled our programmes to salvage the suffering poor in their respective communities.
The BBC reported that other monarchs like the Ubandoman Gobir and 10 others, have also tendered their resignation.
Alhaji Lawali Shuaibu, the District Head of Takasaba, said he had to follow suit because of insecurity in his domain.
He alleged that farmers in his community could not access their farms due to the activities of terrorists, and nothing was done about it.
"I have to resign because I cannot give account of my leadership to Allah," he said.
Ibrahim Dade, the Commissioner of Local Government in the state, was not able to respond to inquiries at press time.
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