…says as at today those states have the highest insecurity rate in Nigeria
The Ovie of Umiaghwa-Abraka Kingdom, HRM, AVM Lucky Ochuko Ararile (Rtd), has said if Sharia is enforced in the northern states practicing it, insecurity in the north will naturally fade off.
The retired Air Vice Marshall and pioneer Managing Director of NAF Foundation made this disclosure in a chat with TheNewsGuru.com, (TNG) at the weekend.
He said what the then Governor of Zamfara Sani Yerima championed(Sharia) in 1999 and has blossomed in other states of the north is the weapon required to tackle insecurity.
According to him, if Sharia is fully implemented nobody will ever go into bloodletting as its weight is heavy.
“Look if you remember in 1999 when Yerima felt his mandate is to introduce Sharia and our president then, Obasanjo waved it saying it was political Sharia, it’s that same Sharia they need now to combat insecurity in the north.
“Also, don’t forget that a man was caught in Zamfara for stealing a goat and the Sharia he got was amputation if his hands.
“Once this is done, insecurity in the north will fizzle out as those who violate the Sharia will get amputated and other punitive measures.
“If you take a closer look at the Northern states that insecurity is in full gear, they’re the Sharia states, from Zamfara to Borno.
“So if you have Sharia use it to achieve the purpose of securing lives of your people as it will go a long way in curbing crimes.
TNG recalls that in 1999/2000 Sharia was instituted as a main body of civil and criminal law in twelve Muslim-majority states when then-Zamfara State governor Ahmad Sani Yerima began the push for the institution of Sharia at the state level of government. A “declaration of full Sharia law” was made in the twelve states in that year, and the states created Islamic legal institutions such as a Sharia Commission, and Zakat Commission, and a hisbah, i.e. “a group expected to promote Islamic tenents.
