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Open letter to President Obasanjo on Bariya Magazu
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I have just read the story of the flogging of Bariya Ibrahim Magazu and I am disappointed in the current federal government of Nigeria. President Oluwasegun Obasanjo, you have failed to maintain justice for this innocent girl. How would you feel if that were your daughter? Your slackness in handling this sharia issue has led to this gross injustice. How can Nigeria allow a girl to be punished by receiving 100 lashes of the cane after being sexually abused and molested as a prostitution tool by her father to pay back his monetary debt! President Obasanjo, you have already failed to secure the human rights of this innocent girl. How many more cases like this should we expect? You have proved that you are not the president of Nigeria. You have proved that Zamfara State governor and the remaining seven states that have adopted sharia as a state law are above your authority! This is not j ust a disgrace to you but also to all the Nigerians that voted you into service. What service you have given!!!! Mr president, if by Friday January 26, 2001, you have not arrested all the state officials of Zamfara State and installed a new official who would abide by the constitution of the Rederal Republic of Nigeria, then you will finally prove that you are a coward and Nigerians should remove you from office, and allow another individual who has the justice and well being of Nigerians at heart to take your place. Sincerely,
Kehinde TiOluwalase
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