The Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III, has opined that social media is a terrorist organisation.
Papers News reports that the monarch made this known while speaking during the 7th Executive Committee Meeting of the Northern Traditional Rulers’ Council in Maiduguri, Borno State.
The Sultan cited social media’s role in spreading false information and inciting unrest, adding that security agencies should treat social media platforms with the same seriousness as other threats to national security.