FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA AT IT AGAIN; AN OBNOXIOUS BILL (SHARIA LAW) COMING INTO PLAY AT FEDERAL LEVEL.

The agenda to Islamize Nigeria is gradually coming into play as House of Representatives call for the criminal aspects of Islamic Sharia law to be implemented in our legal system at the Federal and States. Already the Federal government of Nigeria has implemented laws considered to be against Human Rights, how much more the Sharia law which is more Derogatory and Horrible. Not only will this increase Human Rights Violation, but it will also affect the Christian body as Sharia law is known to be an Islamic law. Nigeria is dominated by both Christians and Muslims including other religions. A Bill for an Act to alter Sections 262 and 277 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 to increase the jurisdiction of the Sharia Court of Appeal is totally unacceptable.

Our job is to bring these issues to the fore to create awareness of what is happening.  Whatever happens afterwards is beyond our power.  It’s up to you all! Broadcast this information.

See below an article that may be of interest;

FULL SCALE SHARIA LAW IN OUR LEGAL SYSTEM
Proceedings of the House of Representatives as covered by NTA2 ; the bill calling for the criminal aspects of Islamic Sharia law to be implemented  in our legal system in Nigeria at the Federal and states passed the second reading today! Even though there were many Christians in the House no one raised an objection!  The Speaker of the House, Hon Yakubu Dogara, who presided over the proceedings, said that what this meant was that it would now move to committee level where it will be discussed fully before the House would decide on it finally, but it is curious that not even one voice of dissent was aired against it.  The bill to amend the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to make provision for the full implementation of Sharia Criminal law at the Federal and states legal system has passed the second reading in the House of Representatives and no one is telling Nigerians what is happening! For all we know, when a bill passes the second reading unchallenged in parliament it is almost as good as passed!
Long before the 2nd Republic, Muslim leaders in Nigeria have always agitated for the full implementation of Sharia in Nigeria.  Nobody has forgotten the hot debates that took place in the Constituent Assembly of 1978 about the place of Sharia in the 1979 Constitution. Christian members kicked against the full implementation of full Sharia because non-Muslims would fall victim of this law.  In the end, a compromise was reached that the Sharia Personal Law be allowed, not the criminal aspects.  It was the same thing that happened in 1988 Constituent Assembly that produced the 1989 Constitution, which never took off.  In fact, in the 1988 Constituent Assembly, General Ibrahim Babangida, then Nigeria’s self- styled military President, had to stop all debates relating to Sharia and other sensitive issues when he saw how inflammable the debates were becoming, and retained the status quo. The 1999 Constitution drew much from both the 1979 and 1989 Constitutions and retained Sharia Personal law.  Now, Muslims, under PMB, have surreptitiously attempted to amend the Constitution to insert the full implementation of Sharia without carrying Nigerians along! Muslim leaders have always argued that Sharia law is meant for Muslims only.  But Christians have always refused to buy the argument because in practice, non- Muslims have often been dragged before Sharia courts and have been adjudicated by a legal system repugnant to their faith.  Several documented cases abound to prove this!  Besides, Christians have always argued why the government that is supposed to be neutral to all religions should uphold the religious laws of one religion with public funds to the harm of the adherents of other faiths!

UPDATE ON THE SHARIA BILL

This is to confirm that the Sharia bill in the House of Representatives is REAL

1.    A representative in NCGF personally called the brother who first alerted the church about the bill - i.e Pastor Danjuma Byang and he confirmed he watched the proceedings on NTA and even swore on his honor

2.     He also called the NTA anchor man who covers the national assembly. He also confirmed the story but is unwilling to release the video clip for obvious reasons.

3.     He got the bill on the website of House of the Representatives; however they were clever to hide the details.

4.     The bill is titled, “A Bill for an Act to alter Sections 262 and 277 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 to increase the jurisdiction of the Sharia Court of Appeal of the Federal Capital Territory and the Sharia Court of Appeal of a State by including Criminal Matters of Hudud and Qisas and for other related Matters.”

The proposed law which was discussed briefly on the floor of the House Thursday May 19, 2016 before being referred to the Committee on Constitution Amendment is sponsored by Mr. Abdullahi Balarabe Salame (APC, Sokoto).