The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria yesterday said that it was illegal and unconstitutional for President Muhammadu Buhari to attend a summit exclusively convoked for Islamic nations under the aegis of Organisation of Islamic Cooperation in Makkah, Saudi Arabia.It said that Nigeria’s presence in such a body offends sections 10 and 42 of the 1999 Constitution since Nigeria is a secular or at least a multi-religious nation.
HURIWA, in a statement signed in Abuja by its National Co-ordinator, Emmanuel Onwubiko, added that it is contradictory that Nigeria whose grundnorm in Section 10 specifically prohibits Nigeria from doing things that promote one religion as a state religion would continue to disobey the constitution only because a military despot without regard for the constitution enrolled Nigeria as a member of OIC, makes Nigeria a laughing stock before the international community.
HURIWA said whilst it may be the right thing for the organised body of Muslims in Nigeria like the Islamic Council of Nigeria to join such a religious body to protect the religious affairs of their members but at the same time abide by the Nigerian constitution, it remains illegal and unconstitutional for Nigeria as a secular and multi-religious geo-political entity to maintain such a membership relationship with a religious body.
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Truly it's is totally unacceptable for Moslem leaders of Nigeria to promote the registration of the country as an Islamic one. This action/actions must be reversed.
If you check you will find Nigeria has been a member since 1986 and he is the third Nigerian president to attend. Why are we so stuck in our religious sentiment ways. Note that I am not Muslim.
It's organisation of Islamic countries and not organisation of Arab cooperation PMB won't attend the one for Arab cooperation
What if he's invited
How comes illegal
Don't we have civil society organisations any more in Nigeria? They have all gone back to their shells for the fear of Buhari...during president Jonathan they where all over as noise makers cos of his gentility as a true democrat! Nigerians are horrible!
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