President Muhammadu Buhari who has been quoted as saying he supports “the total implementation of the sharia in the country” yesterday said the country cannot practise certain prescribed punishment under the Islamic penal code.

According to him Nigerian law does not allow for “sharia punishments, such as stonings and amputations, adding: “I cannot change it. I haven’t been voted by [a] majority of Nigerians to change Nigerian constitution.”

Buhari spoke on wide-ranging issues in an exclusive interview with Al Jazeera English’s flagship current affairs show, ‘UpFront’.

Asked about his record as a military dictator in the mid-1980s, and the alleged human-rights abuses which occurred on his watch, Buhari said: “If there is any injustice that can be proved against me when I was there, I will gladly apologise.”

The president refused, however, to concede that his now-notorious ‘war against indiscipline’ in the 1980s featured any such “injustice”.

Buhari had pledged to defeat Boko Haram by December but also acknowledged he would be willing to negotiate with the group to secure the release of the kidnapped Chibok schoolgirls.

“They have to prove to us that they are alive, they are well, and then we can… negotiate with them,” President Buhari told ‘UpFront’ host Mehdi Hasan.

“We said it and we meant it. If we are satisfied that the girls are alive.

omenka:
You won't see the Shildren of Anger quote this anywhere- they prefer that which suits their warped vision of who Buhari is.

IsraeliAIRFORCE:
Remove Eastern Nigeria and see it materialize within three months.


Need not explain further

ArodeTsolaye:


Only 3 days is enough, Alhaji Ishaq Akintola will be made the grand khadi of Oduastan, receiving orders from the Arewa sultanate.

Emereolevanwill:
dt doesnt stop him frm bein a dullard

DaBullIT:
I just wish heavenly father will sometimes snuff out some people's network before they can comment on topics




Some comments you read actually make you ask , do some people have water-filled heads as opposed to brains ?


Buhari made it clear that fighting corruption and indiscipline is not injustice and even offered to apologize to anyone who can prove beyond reasonable doubt that he / she was unjustly treated ... No one has come forward

Buhari said he is willing to negotiate for the release of the Chibok girls if their captors can prove that they are alive and well


Buhari also said Boko haram is not a true muslim terror organization clearly stating it's either they(Boko Haram) do not know what they are saying, or they just want to ridicule the muslims he included that you can not murder people and scream Allah Akbar , You are not doing God's work and Allah did not command that


He also said it is literally impossible to change Nigeria's constitution to suit his own religious needs, millions of Nigeria voted for him because they believed in him and as such the needs of the many is a lot greater than the needs of one person

On issue of Amnesty's report and the names they published, Buhari said he just can't punish people because a group wrote their names on a webpage , Military has it's tribunal and when investigations are carried out , culprit will be punished


We voted a Politician , not a Magician and for those who said Buhari goofed during the interview , well siddon dere dey roast ,