American Based Igbo Inventor, Philip
Emeagali Declares Full Support for Biafra.
The Nigerian-born inventor and
scientist, Philip Emeagwali in a recent statement gave proofs why he believes
the country is already divided. Philip Emeagwali is an Igbo man from the city
of Onitsha, Anambra State. He won the 1989 Gordon Bell Prize for
price-performance in high-performance computing applications, in an oil
reservoir modelling calculation using a novel mathematical formulation and
implementation. He was the first man in the world to manufacture the fastest
computer.
His statement reads; Sharia is
observed in twelve of Nigeria’s thirty-six states.
Why should a section of country adopt
a different law from others?
“The Nigerian constitution stipulates
that we are Nigerians first and then Muslims (or Christians) second. However,
some fanatic northern Nigerian elected officials are insisting that Muslims are
Muslims first and Nigerians second and, therefore, are entitled to live by the
sharia Islamic law.
The contradiction is these elected
officials were elected through a secular constitution that is the supreme legal
document of the land. Each official swore to uphold the constitution. After
being elected, some Muslim officials now want that constitution subordinate to
sharia law. Proponents of sharia argue that the constitution guarantees freedom
of religion while opponents argue that freedom of religion does not mean that
Islam will be the state religion and take precedence over the
constitution.
When a northern Nigerian state adopts
Islam as the state religion, it, in fact, puts the state above the nation and
its constitution. In other words, “freedom of religion” does not entitle some
northern states to create an Islamic state within the secular state of Nigeria.
More specifically, the Nigerian constitution does not permit the adoption of
Christianity or Islam as the state religion. ”
Studying the statement above,
President Buhari's role as a proponent of sharia becomes undeniable recalling
his speeches in favour of sharia.
The president once said;
“If we as Muslims want amputation or
death penalty, we said we want it because it is our religion and the
constitution of the country has agreed that everyone has the right to practise
the religion of his choice.”
When a president puts the laws of his
religion ahead of the laws of the nation he swore to protect in a
multi-religious nation, the present Chaos and anarchy in Nigeria is the result.
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