₦airaland Forum

Senator Ahmad Sani Yerima, the former
governor of Zamfara State that dominated the
limelight of controversy for the introduction of
sharia legal system in his state as governor is
back with another controversy.
This is just six months President Muhammadu
Buhari came to power, but the Senator has
without mincing words commenced lobby for
Buhari to return in the next four years for his
second tenure in office. He never hesitated to
admit that when Daily Sun interviewed him in
Abuja.
While his sharia legal system held the stage in
Zamfara then, the most celebrated outcome of
the incident was the amputation of a certain
Jangebe who was convicted of cattle rustling and
he also discussed his relation- ship with the ex-
convict and how he carries on with life today.
Yesterday, you had an enlarged media interaction
in Abuja.


What could be the reason for such gathering especially as you had been shying away from the media in the past years?


You are right to say that I stayed off the media
for some- time and it was intentional. I felt there
was not much to discuss and especially after the
much media presence I went through during my
days as governor over the introduction of sharia
and all the noise it attracted.
I will say sincerely that I introduced sharia with
the best intentions as a Muslim because the legal
system is acceptable to Islam. The intention was
not to Islamize those that are not Muslims in
Nigeria. I did it because I knew my people needed
it to check the wrongs of the society.
Frankly, I never anticipated that the sharia
introduction would attract such huge attention in
Nigeria and internation- ally because it was just
meant for the people of my state who are
Muslims and wanted it.
But I was so surprised at the international
outrage and attack of the system. It got so bad
that in one week, I received not less than 5000
protest petitions against the introduction of
sharia from the Amnesty International. And that
was just part of the larger attention that came
with it. However, I did not stop the
implementation because I was sure the move was
right and we needed the sharia legal system to
correct errors in our state.
Now even after the anger and disagreements,
about 12 states of the country today practise
sharia and that has not caused any problem for
either themselves or the other Nigerians even
those non- Muslims that live in those states. The
law is strictly for Muslims and never for those
that don’t belong to the religion.


So, what was your reason for shying away from
public discourse for that long?


Because I felt I had had so much of limelight and
there was no need for me to just keep talk- ing
when there is no need for that. I decided to do
more work than talk and stayed away. But now, I
think there is need for me to be heard again.


Some years ago in the sen- ate, you were into
another controversy over the wife you married
that was argued against because of her age.
Does it mean you love controversy?


That was another unnecessary issue, which I
attributed to misunderstanding. The news went
everywhere that I married a 13-year-old girl even
when the girl’s age was not 13. I am a Muslim
and I know the rules and requirements of
marriage according to the religion. I saw a girl
and approached her for marriage, which she
accepted; I met the family and they agreed to the
marriage and I did all that was required only for
people to start a campaign that I married an
underage girl. As a Muslim, my religion permits
me to marry not more than four wives and I did
not do any wrong in that. When the matter was
brought to the Senate against me, the house
looked at it and found that the senate cannot
make laws or take decisions on maters of Islamic
laws or marriage or customary marriages. That is
how the issue was rested. So, I still did not know
where I went wrong to marry the lady.


You are now the chairman, Senate committee on
maritime. Do you have any agenda beyond
holding the position to make the sector better?


Of course, the position is not for nothing. You
can’t just occupy a position that is important to
the economy of the nation without creating
positive impact there. The senate and myself
know how important the maritime sector is to the
nation as a nation that especially depends on
imports and also operate large seaports. So, the
senate and myself have interest in making our
maritime sector better, stronger and more
beneficial to the economy of the nation; that is
the plan I have for the maritime sector.


A certain Jangebe was a major victim of the
sharia system introduced by you in Zamfara for
stealing a goat. Have you seen the man since his
hand was chopped off and how does he see you?


Jangebe stole a cow and not goat. But I have to
clarify that I had nothing personal with Jangebe.
The enforcement authorities arrested and
arraigned him under the sharia legal system for
stealing, and the sharia is not meant only to
punish or adopt punitive measures, but to correct
and create conditions that would discourage
crime and other wrongs acts.
Whenever the trial in a sharia court commences,
the processes lead up to the Supreme Court for
final decision. That means that anyone convicted
by a sharia court has the right of appeal up to
the highest court. Even during that time, there
was the legal aid council in the state that was
made of lawyers that defended people and
provided them legal services when they don’t
have money for that. For a reason I don’t know
up till today, Jangebe was arraigned and refused
the services of the legal aid council. He also
pleaded guilty to the charge and also refused to
appeal the verdict when he had the rights to that.
Remember that the sharia court will only convict
an accused with proven and flawless evidence, so
when he pleaded guilty, there was nothing left to
prove the case against him. When he refused to
appeal, there was also nothing left than to
execute the judgment.
In Saudi Arabia, after such conviction, the
person’s hand is chopped off with a cutlass or
axe, but I felt that that was too crude and harsh
for a civilized world of today. So I directed the
doctors to apply the professional approach of
amputation where Jangebe was put under anaes-
thesia before he was amputated but like in a
surgery. There was another suspect that was ar-
raigned and while still in detention ion, the guards
noticed that he commenced cutting his hand by
himself. He was stopped and removed from
where he was and incidentally, his trial just
fizzled out. I can’t say if it actually continued. I
told you earlier that the essence of sharia is to
cor- rect, I can assure you that after Jangebe’s
issue, there was no other case of theft in the
state.


Have you met Jangebe since then?


I had nothing to do with him as an individual. His
matter was handled by those involved and not my
person or my office.


If sharia was for correction, did the state do
anything to rehabilitate Jangebe?


Yes, I am sure he later was employed as
messenger in a secondary school in the state
and I also know that he is still in the employment
of the state.


There has been nationwide acute fuel shortage
against the promise of the APC during
campaigns. Again, the NNPC has announced that
the four local refineries would be shut down for a
year for rehabilitation. Are these the change
Nigeria voted even when they were promised the
opposite?


I have to inform you that these things don’t take
overnight to turn around. Yes, there has been fuel
scarcity, but Nigerians should be patient with the
government to turn things around. They took long
to decay, and will not just be fixed in one day.
If the refineries would be shut down for one year
and after that we have no scarcity because we
refine at home, then we didn’t lose much. We
need to work together to assist the government
succeed because if the change comes, all of us
will enjoy it.
The price of petroleum is N87 per litre when oil
sells at about $38 per barrel. Since we refine
abroad, under normal market, we should sell a
litre of refined oil at about N30. But we will still
get there with time.
That is the reason we say that anybody that
expects or wants Buhari to be there in four years
and leave is not thinking properly. The problems
with Nigeria won’t take four years to solve. If we
really want change from him, we should make up
our mind that he being there for eight years
would make that difference. I mean it. He needs
eight years.


With such comment, shall we conclude that the
lobby for Buhari’s second tenure has started?


My brother, no doubt, it has started, I can assure
you. No need hiding it.



Source: www.sunnewsonline.com/new/weve-commenced-buharis-second-term-lobby-yerima/

Only blood-soaked dogs and baboons will still risk their votes for our dear Mr. One Chance, The Tourist- General of our great nation and the visiting Minister of Petroleum.



We love him too.




Mtcheeeeeew.

...the slaves,Zombies and robots.Yerima has an assignment for you.Go and meet him.

Source?

Em 8 yrs must complete to avoid controversy

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amtaken:
Only blood-soaked dogs and baboons will still risk their votes for our dear Mr. One Chance, The Tourist- General of our great nation and the visiting Minister of Petroleum.



We love him too.




Mtcheeeeeew.

Only crooks will risk their votes for PDP. Only tribalist who are suffering for the dreaded "my brother" aka my region syndrome will vote for GEJ.

I feel for you lot. It is not easy to be suffering from my region syndrome. It is a bad disease with no cure. Worst than cancer.

'who will votes that dulllard ?






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This paedophile should be more concerned about the next infant he is going to wed, his people should be ashamed of him. No wonder northern nigeria is filled with the highest number of retards.

The president is failing woefully but instead of advising him, this pedophilic mofo is canvassing for second tenure for him. I can bet that if APC fields this mofo after the dullard, fools will still vote them. Well, Nigerians, we told you all but you won't heed the advise of liberal minds, rather you choose to go the way of bigotry and sycophancy.

Omo, to be president for this country no hard at all. See the tips: cheesy grin

- Romance criminal politicians
- Use their private jets, even if you are wealthy enough to have yours
- Tell Nigerians that you have only #500,000 in your bank account with two mud houses in your village, even if your children dey Cambridge, Oxford, etc.
- Tell Nigerian bachelors that you will give them free wife and for the married ones, tell them you will give them #200 daily per number of children they have.
- Tell them you will kill all corrupt politicians without trial, even tho we're in a Democratic setup
- Tell them that everything the president is doing is bad, whether good or bad, for sure, they'll believe you
- Tell them that if they don't vote for you, you will soak their blood into that of dogs and baboons
- Tell them that the government is their enemy while the terrorists killing them are freedom fighters and hence should be given special treatment by the government
- Tell them that you will pay the working class citizens #5,000 per month and the jobless ones #50,000 per month
- Blame every of their woes on the government, even miscarriage, ulcer, bad dreams, etc.
- and most importantly, you must be a Fulani Muslim..

for those that discriminate against quota system in the education sector, imagine that none of our brothers from this part of the country are not forced to go to school through quota, na die be that.
he sounds like weray. Nonsense.

u expect d northnn nd southwest to vote for namdi kanu abi,continue ur hate on north nd southwest, no responsible party in this country will field d candidate from south east and expect to win. no party want to b a looser

Buhari and yerima are Paedophiles-Yemi Osubande Osibanjo

Go joor

Buhari will not step down after 2 terms.

They will change the constitution for him

No 5k no second term. You guys should better add my 5k to the lobbying initiative o.

Second term wit all dis lies n propanganda.

Watching dis season film in 3D

Seriously this paedophile still thinks we are in his Malo republic its now 6 months our media celebrated messiah came in and it seem we've sunk back to the dark ages and you still want to inflict more injuries on us, the truth is most of them won't live to see 2019 so they should start planning on live after death too, that's if their is any, and for the RECORD we want the Younger generation to rule, not this old dogs again

A shameless paedophile. He must be high on poo.

A shameless paedophile.

We hope the Northern slaves down South will have sense next time

Look at the kind of people we yorubas are supporting. Fulani animals. I just hope God won't punish the yoruba race for these evils.

[[s]quote author=SegunAdewole post=40446450]Look at the kind of people we yorubas are supporting. Fulani animals. I just hope God won't punish the yoruba race for these evils.[/quote][/s]

Olori buu nie! Awon wo ni awon obi tire?

Why you had to change to your ficticious Yoruba moniker to type rubbish?

Omo ale jati jati ni e.

Thunder fire any yoruba man that will support this wicked fulani animal again.

steaming water.

I saw a girl
and approached her for marriage, which she
accepted; I met the family and they agreed to the
marriage and I did all that was required only for
people to start a campaign that I married an
underage girl

A girl is underage for marriage to a man in his late 50's you dunce

Hahahahahahahahahaha I like the way Buhari is dealing with y'all. The North takes it all while the slaves get nada, but y'all are so ashamed to admit it.


Chai baba!

arsetalks:
Only crooks will risk their votes for PDP. Only tribalist who are suffering for the dreaded "my brother" aka my region syndrome will vote for GEJ.

I feel for you lot. It is not easy to be suffering from my region syndrome. It is a bad disease with no cure. Worst than cancer.