A group known as the Muslim Congress has submitted a memo to the Senate Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution, proposing the implementation of Sharia in the southwest region.

The Islamic religious law is implemented in Muslim-majority states in the Northern region, despite the constitutional provision that states be secular.

Sharia is alien to the southwest region which has an almost equal population of Christian adherents and Muslims.

The Senate commenced its zonal public hearings on constitutional amendments across the country on Wednesday, May 26, 2021, months after soliciting suggestions from the public.

While presenting its memo at the Lagos hearing on Wednesday, The Muslim Congress said it wants Sharia implemented in the Yoruba-speaking southwest to cater to its Muslim population.

TMC representative, Abdulganihu Bamidele said: "We want to partner for the creation of Sharia courts in the southwest because of our population of Muslims.”

The faith-based organisation also proposed amendments to the constitution focusing on gender equality, local government autonomy, state and community policing, and judicial and legislative autonomy.

Dozens of other organisations and individuals also presented their memos at the public hearing on Wednesday, with the most common topics revolving around gender equality, restructuring, and devolution of power from the Federal Government to the State and Local Governments.

Some also proposed that the 1999 constitution be completely scrapped and replaced with a new citizens-led constitution.

Senator representing Lagos Central, Oluremi Tinubu, who chaired the public hearing, said the Senate will consider all the public submissions to create the perfect document to address everyone's concerns.

PrinceOfLagos:
Not in my Lagos shut the fvk boy.

Ludlum:
This is just a ploy by the fulani hegemony to create disunity among the yorubas.
Yorubas leaders need to be careful, religion is a very dangerous tools in a heterozygous setting.

PrinceOfLagos:

[s]You're under the influence of Alcohol so I won't take you serious[/s]

triple996:
Waillers will die of heart attack after reading dis news.
Meanwhile somewhere in aba

johnmartus:
This can't actualize they should forget it.

Kingspin:
Doesn't these people have any other useful things to contribute for humanity apart from cow and bastard religion?

buckeyemedia:
Don’t you want restructuring again? Or you think it is only your like minded that have demands & seek redress? El Rufai showed them samples of restructuring in Kaduna State, NLC called for a strike, yet them claim they want so called restructuring? Now they showed them they are already complaining?

Kingspin:
Doesn't these people have any other useful things to contribute for humanity apart from cow and bastard religion?

How someone because of religion dictated to be unproductive from the day he was born and demised to the unknown god.

triple996:
Waillers will die of heart attack after reading dis news.
Meanwhile somewhere in aba

DubaiLandLord1:
What is your business with what Yorubas practising the islamic religion want? Face your region bro, abeg.

Kingspin:
Is a wise saying.

See the future.
It's either bright or dark.

Nigeria is a secular place every useless religion should end your pocket.

What about opening court for the two religion even for traditional people

That is a great idea

DubaiLandLord1:
Bro, go tender your own for your state abegi!

Did Wike not call Rivers State a christian state?

If you like, you fit tender am say you need traditional court for your state. Nigeria will stop been a secular state and will be restructured. Abia or Anambra your state can become a jewish or traditional state after that.

Nah south west matter be this, go run una own too for your geopolitical region.

Kingspin:
You can never be a wise KING

DubaiLandLord1:
I don hear. But face your region please.

The muslims in the south west want Sharia in the south west, not south east.

Kingspin:
Who sha-war eep?

My opinion is sacrosanct.