As the Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad Sa'ad Abubakar has said that the lack of love between citizens was the reason that so many people were being killed in Nigeria, and that this led to more killings.
The Sultan said this when he met Rivers State governor Nyesom Wike and his counterpart in Sokoto State, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal.
There would not have been as many acrimonies, confusions, and killings if there had been love, he said.
Governor Nyesom Wike's Special Assistant on Media, Kevin Ebiri, made a statement in Port Harcourt on Saturday. This was in the statement.
He said that bloodthirsty people kill no matter what because there is no love or godliness in them.
This is what our forefathers and religion told us to do. We will keep doing this so that we can live in a peaceful world together.
It is so that we can be proud of our country, and say, "Yes! This is the Nigeria that we want to live in!" Not the Nigeria we hear about in the news stories about people being killed and blood being spilled "unnecessarily."
Wike was talking about banditry in Sokoto State when he talked about how the government and the Sultan were saddened by the killing of innocent people by bandits.
He was also disgusted by the killing of innocent people by bandits in Sokoto and other parts of the country.
We've been friends for a long time, so the people of Rivers State have told me to be sorry for you and the people of Sokoto State.
My heart goes out to the families of the people who died. We believe that God will give them the courage and strength to deal with this unnecessarily high number of deaths.
There are a lot of religious and ethnic groups in Nigeria. You've been trying to get them all to understand that we have no other country than Nigeria.
"No matter what he does, you have always said something."
When there has been insecurity, other crises, or poverty, you have always spoken up and told the government what they should do to help.
In the past, you have always talked to the government about how to make things better for people in your country.
Remember that recently, five people were killed when bandits thought to be loyal to Bello Turji opened fire on a vehicle with 24 people inside.