Sokoto gets law stripping Sultan of power to make appointments

Governor Ahmed Aliyu of Sokoto State, on Thursday, assented to six new laws, including the amended Sokoto Local Government and Chieftaincy Law, which generated controversy across the country. The new law stripped the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, of the power to appoint district and village heads in the state. Speaking at the signing