The Christian Association of Nigeria has flayed the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Ibrahim Muhammad, for calling for the amendment of the constitution to “accommodate some of the concerns of Muslim
s and the Shari’a law.”
He was also reported to have called for an amendment of the constitution to accommodate Sharia law, stating that English should be discarded as the language of instruction in Shari’a law.But the National Director of Legal and Public Affairs, CAN, Samuel Kwamkur, in a statement on Saturday, said the Christian body viewed the jurist’s speech as “the most reprehensible, reckless and insensitive statement made by a public officer, a jurist and the head of Nigeria’s judiciary.
Kwamkur said no one could begrudge the CJN his rights to practise his religion, but noted that he cannot give Islam the pride of place in the constitution. “But then, we may pause and ask ourselves the following questions: are these actions by the military chiefs and the pronouncement of the CJN deliberately synchronised to promote regionalism and religious bias?
It asked, “Is Nigeria about to witness the sure move toward becoming an Islamic state and the possibility of the country being forcibly transformed into a Shari’a state?
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