Daily Trust (Abuja)

Nigeria: Muslim Group Writes Adoke Over Yarima's Marriage

By Zakariyya Adaramola, 16 July 2010

Muslim Action Committee Centre of Nigeria (MAC) has petitioned the Attorney General of Federation and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Bello Adoke (SAN) over what it called "orchestrated campaign" against Senator Ahmad Sani Yarima's marriage to an Egyptian wife.

The group, in a letter dated 27 June, said the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has been pursuing a campaign of calumny against Islam as Senator Yarima's marriage was done in accordance with the dictates of the religion.

The petition signed by the group's secretary general, Kazeem Fikaq, said the Zamfara senator has not breached any section of the constitution with his marriage.

He said NAPTIP has been unduly abusing Senator Yarima through exposure to the media "to make him appear as a convicted criminal."

Tagged: Children, Egypt, Human Rights, Legal Affairs, Nigeria, North Africa, Religion, West Africa

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