A report made on social media that the Lagos State House of Assembly surreptitiously passed a Sharia legislation has been refuted.
According to Anaedoonline.ng, Hon. Setonji David, Chairman of the House Committee on Information, Security, and Strategy, announced this in a statement on Wednesday.
David claimed that the assertion is false and an attempt to mock the assembly in a statement headlined “Alleged secret passage of Sharia law by Lagos Assembly, a lie from the bottom of hell.”
Move To Set Up Sharia Courts In South West Gathers Momentum As Senate Considers Proposal
The assertion that the legislature enacted a Sharia legislation in exchange for Northern support for Bola Tinubu, the APC presidential candidate, is spiteful and false, he continued.
The legislator expressed confidence that Tinubu would defeat the fake news industry by winning the 2023 presidential election.
However, David advised the citizens of the state and all of Nigeria to regard the propagandists of this false story as illiterate, ignorant, and uneducated individuals.
“We would not have dignified the writer of this hate speech but in order to set the record straight, this is a mere figment of the imagination of the writer and a total lie from the pit of hell.
“No informed person should believe this lies against the Assembly that is above the common standard of excellence. The news is far from the reality,” Hon David declared.
Christian Lawyers Makes Case For Removal of Shariah Law From Nigerian Constitution
“Some people are just mischievous. Spreading all sorts of untrue stuff. Is it possible to pass a law under cover? The process of law-making is universal and very open. You cannot pass a law without subjecting it to public hearing in Lagos State.
“We urged the residents of the state and Nigerians as a whole to take the peddlers of this unfounded report as illiterate, uninformed, and uneducated people who needed to be schooled about the law-making process,” the statement partly read.
Follow us on Facebook
Post Disclaimer
The opinions, beliefs and viewpoints expressed by the author and forum participants on this website do not necessarily reflect the opinions, beliefs and viewpoints of Anaedo Online or official policies of the Anaedo Online.