Afenifere, CAN and others oppose push for Sharia in SouthWest

Christian and Muslim leaders are clashing over planned inauguration of a Shari’a arbitration panel across the South-Western States of Ogun, Osun, Ondo, Ekiti, Oyo and Lagos by the Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs.

This comes as the proponents of the Islamic code say there was no going back on their decision to set up the panel to adjudicate and resolve the issues among the South-West Muslim Ummah.

The President Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs in Ekiti State, Dr. Hammed Bakare and the Chairman of the Shari’a Committee of Oyoland, Dr. Rafiu Bello, made this disclosure in separate interviews saying that the Sharia panel would be inaugurated despite the opposition against it.

The Sharia Council had moved to establish an arbitration panel in Oyo town to adjudicate and sit on matters relating to Muslims, however, the development was opposed by the government and other leaders.

-9News Nigeria.