The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Abubakar Sa’ad III, has said that the best way to get out of the woods from the biting hardship facing many Nigerians is to return to God in prayers.

He said the hardship was a result of people’s deviation from the path of God. “If anyone departs from the worship of God, definitely God will not look on his side, this is evident in many places in the Holy Qur’an.

We will continue to give genuine advice to the government,” he said. The sultan noted this at the grand opening of a Jum’ah Mosque in Guzape, Abuja, built by the Jama’atu Izalatil Bidi’a Wa’kamatis Sunnah (JIBWIS).

Represented by Alhaji Yayale Ahmed, the sultan said, “Everyone knows the situation in Nigeria right now but the solution is to go back to seek divine intervention and prayers.

However, we should not supplicate for eye service but for genuine supplication, because the Lord has said that after hardship, there is relief.”