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CAN’s Campaign Of Calumny On The Shorlisted Justices Of The Court Of Appeal by omoalaro: 2:56am On Mar 30, 2021 |
*CAN’S CAMPAIGN OF CALUMNY ON THE SHORLISTED JUSTICES OF THE COURT OF APPEAL* The attention of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) has been drawn to the insinuations and vituperations that trailed the shortlisting of 20 Justices-designate by the Federal Judicial Service Commission (FJSC). It would be noted that except it is compelled to do so, the Council has often resisted joining issues with the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) as a matter of principle. This is because CAN has proved, times without number, its morbid hatred for Islam and Muslims, its remarkable capacity for destructive mischief, its dexterous use of scurrilous propaganda and its predilection for always being economical with the truth as part of the sinister strategy of heating up the polity anytime a Muslim is at the helm of affairs. It would be recalled that not too long ago, the Council was forced to expose the marginalisation of Muslims in the successive Boards of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) after CAN made one of its wild and mendacious allegations of Christian marginalisation. It is actually a wicked strategy and unholy tactics to accuse Muslims of marginalisation though Muslims are the ones being deliberately and systemically marginalised by Christians, who continue to consolidate on the colonial agenda of emasculating Muslims. However, NSCIA would not allow the serial falsehood of CAN and its propensity for character assassination of people on the basis of their religious identity to stand because truth is irrefragable. To wit, the intransigence of CAN is playing out again in the deliberate distortion of the issues surrounding the shortlisted 20 Justices-designate. The grouse of CAN, as amplified by some hagiographers masquerading as opinion leaders, is that 13 of the 20 recently shortlisted Justices are from the North and are Muslims. Though the President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem, on her honour stated unequivocally that the procedure of the appointment followed “due and usual process” and that the recommendation “was done without any preference for tribe, creed or association”, mischief makers, ethnic jingoists and religious bigots resorted to blackmail. In venting their spleen against the development, CAN especially and its apologists choose to ignore the fact that Muslims are a minority in the religious composition of the Court of Appeal. In a statement filled with bile and bigotry, the so-called religious body expressed its “feelings of sadness, disgust and anger at the insensitivity demonstrated by the FJSC in compiling the list. It seems undeniable that the recklessness displayed by the FJSC suggests a steady and gradual descend (sic) to (sic) a process of Islamising the Judiciary of Nigeria.” The unassailable truth is that Justices of the Court of Appeal (JCAs) are 70 but the North with 19 States has 34 while the South with 17 States has 36. The South thus has more JCAs than the North. Meanwhile, out of the 36 JCAs from the South West (where Muslims are a majority), South East and South South (in both of which Muslims have considerable indigenous populations), all the JCAs are Christians except for Justice Habeeb Adewale Abiru of Lagos state and Justice Mistura Bolaji-Yusuf of Oyo state. But in the three geo-political zones of the North where Muslims are predominant, there are 34 JCAs out of which 15 are Christians. In other words, the North East has 4 Muslim JCAs and 7 Christians, the North Central has 6 Muslim JCAs and 7 Christians while the North West has 9 Muslim JCAs and 1 Christian JCA. Of the 36 from the South, only 2 are Muslims. *The names and details of the Justices are as follows:* *NORTH EAST* 14. A. M. Talba Adamawa North East Muslim 15. Hussein Mukhtar Bauchi North East Muslim 16. Haruna S.Tsammani Bauchi North East Christian 17. Bitrus G.Sanga Bauchi North East Christian 18. A. G. Mshelia Borno North East Christian 19. Ibrahim S. Bdliya Borno North East Christian 20. Hamma Barka Gombe North East Christian 21. Y. B. Nimpar Gombe North East Christian 22. Mohammed Danjuma Taraba North East Christian 23. I. A. Andenyangtso Taraba North East Christian 24 Mohammed Mustapha Borno North East Muslim *Total North East: 8 Christians, 3 Muslims* *NORTH WEST* 25. Ali Abubakar Gumel Jigawa North West Muslim 26. Muhammed L. Shuaibu Jigawa North West Muslim 27. Abubakar Dati Yahaya Kaduna North West Muslim 28. James S. Abiriyi Kaduna North West Christian 29. T. Y. Hassan Kano North West Muslim 30. A. M. Bayero Kano North West Muslim 31. Abubakar Sadiq Umar Kebbi North West Muslim 32. Jamilu Y. Tukur Katsina North West Muslim 33. A. M. Lamido Sokoto North West Muslim 34. B. B. Aliyu Zamfara North West Muslim *Total North West: 1 Christian, 9 Muslims* *SOUTH EAST* 35 Raphael C. Agbo Enugu South East Christian 36 U.I Ndukwe- Anyanwu Anambra South East Christian 37 Chidi N. Uwa Abia South East Christian 38 C. E. Nwosu-Iheme Imo South East Christian 39 T.N Orji-Abadua Imo South East Christian 40 Obande F. Ogbuinya Ebonyi South East Christian 41 Uchechukwu Onyemanam Ebonyi South East Christian 42 Onyekachi A. Otisi Abia South East Christian 43 C.I. Jombo-Ofo Abia South East Christian 44 Paul O. Elechi Ebonyi South East Christian 45 Ugochukwu A. Ogakwu Enugu South East Christian *Total South East: 11 Christians, 0 Muslim* *SOUTH-SOUTH* 46 Ignatius I. Agube Cross River South South Christian 47 Rita N. Pemi Delta South South Christian 48 Ita George Mbaba Akwa Ibom South South Christian 49 Moore A. A. Adumein Bayelsa South South Christian 50 O.O. Daniel-Kalio Rivers South South Christian 51 Fatima O. Akinbami Edo South South Christian 52 Biobele A. Georgewill Rivers South South Christian 53 Frederick O. Oho Delta South South Christian 54 Joseph E. Ekanem Akwa Ibom South South Christian 55 Abimbola O. Obaseki-Adejumo Edo South South Christian 56 Boloukuromo M. Ugo Bayelsa South South Christian 57 Ebiowei Tobi Delta South South Christian *Total South South: 12 Christians, 0 Muslim* 58 Jimi O. Bada Osun South West Christian 59 Oyebisi F. Omoleye Ekiti South West Christian 60 Mojeed A. Owoade Oyo South West Christian 61 A. O. Lokolo-Sodipe Ogun South West Christian 62 Isaiah O. Akeju Ekiti South West Christian 63 Tunde O. Awotoye Osun South West Christian 64 Habeeb A. O. Abiru Lagos South West Muslim 65 Peter O. Ige Oyo South West Christian 66 O. A. Adefope- Okojie Ogun South West Christian 67 Mistura O. Bolaji- Oyo South West Muslim 68 E. O. Williams- Dawudu Lagos South West Christian 69 Joseph O. Oyewole Osun South West Christian 70 Gabriel O. Kolawole Osun South West Christian *Total South West: 11 Christians, 2 Muslims* *Subtotal (Southern States): 34 Christians, 2 Muslims* *Subtotal (Northern States plus FCT): 16 Christians, 18 Muslims* *Grand Total of all JCAs: 50 Christians (71.4%), 20 Muslims (28.6%)* However, the three geopolitical zones of the South have only two Muslim JCAs while the three geopolitical zones of the North have 15 Christian JCAs! Who is wickedly intolerant? The cacophony of Christian marginalisation that constitutes the sing-song of CAN is a blatant lie, a deliberate distortion and a devilish strategy of shedding crocodile tears or crying while flogging Muslims with bare-faced oppression and systemic repression in Nigeria. Though religion preaches love, honesty, sincerity, tolerance, good neighbourliness and kindness, among other virtues, CAN has succeeded in creating a Nigerian version of Christianity which is anchored on morbid hatred, undisguised dishonesty, caustic insincerity, religious intolerance, perennial hostility and outright wickedness. If CAN has its way, it would annihilate Muslims from Nigeria but one billion CANs of calumny unleashed against us cannot extinguish the light of Islam here and elsewhere, even if they try it! This is the same strategy underpinning the needless hubbub over hijab in Kwara state and elsewhere. It is given that the right to hijab is constitutionally guaranteed. However, to CAN, constitutionality does not matter where intolerance festers and it has resorted to toe the path of violence. Section 38, Subsection 1 of the Nigerian Constitution (as amended in 2011) states categorically thus: *Every person shall be entitled to freedom of thought, conscience and religion*… *(either alone or in community with others, and in public and or in private) to manifest and propagate his religion or belief in worship, teaching practice and observance;*............ *NSCIA* |
Re: CAN’s Campaign Of Calumny On The Shorlisted Justices Of The Court Of Appeal by tit(f): 3:00am On Mar 30, 2021 |
So that is why we flood 13 out of 20 judges as Moslims |
Re: CAN’s Campaign Of Calumny On The Shorlisted Justices Of The Court Of Appeal by omoalaro: 3:18am On Mar 30, 2021 |
tit: Even, despite the "flooding" the statistics still showed the imbalance. Let CAN refute or disclaim the statistics and publish their own. Always shouting "Islamization" when what is going on is "Christenization". 1 Like |
Re: CAN’s Campaign Of Calumny On The Shorlisted Justices Of The Court Of Appeal by okosodo: 3:28am On Mar 30, 2021 |
Muslims are terrible problem shooters anywhere 1 Like |
Re: CAN’s Campaign Of Calumny On The Shorlisted Justices Of The Court Of Appeal by Lifestone(m): 3:34am On Mar 30, 2021 |
It's a shame that serious issues in Nigeria are no longer constructed from the prism of merit but rather from narrow views of religion and tribe. Who has done us this? 1 Like |
Re: CAN’s Campaign Of Calumny On The Shorlisted Justices Of The Court Of Appeal by galaxy2020(m): 4:25am On Mar 30, 2021 |
There's no balance in that list. APC plotting to control the judiciary and have mostly Muslim judges do their bidding. |
Re: CAN’s Campaign Of Calumny On The Shorlisted Justices Of The Court Of Appeal by omoalaro: 1:40pm On Mar 30, 2021 |
galaxy2020: So 50 Christians and 20 Muslims is still not balanced. Na wao. |
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