A Nigerian lawyer and Human Rights activist Barr. Malcolm Omirhobo has
Thursday sued the Federal Government, Central Bank of Nigeria, Nigeria
Army, Ministry of Defense and Attorney General of the Federation over
the continuous Arabic inscription on the naira notes and the flag of the
Nigerian Army without considering Nigeria to be a secular nation.
He
is seeking a Federal High Court to interpret the provisions of Section
10 of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. He filed
two suits.
The defendants in the suits are Central Bank of
Nigeria, Attorney-General of the Federation, the Nigerian Army, as well
as the Ministry of Defence.
Plaintiff is seeking a court
interpretation whether by a community reading of Sections 10 and 55 of
the 1999 Constitution, it is lawful and constitutional for the
defendants to permit the Naira notes to be adorned with Arabic
inscriptions.
In the same vein, the plaintiff is asking whether
by a community reading of Sections 1(1)(3), 10 and 55 of the 1999
Constitution, it is proper for the defendants to permit the Nigerian
Army logo to be adorned, or inscribed in Arabic insignia.
He is
seeking a court interpretation whether by the true letter and spirit of
Section 10 of the 1999 Constitution, Nigeria is a secular state without
any official religion.
He wants the court to declare that it is
illegal, unlawful, and unconstitutional to allow the Nigerian Army logo
to be adorned, and inscribed in Arabic language, instead of the official
English language or Hausa, Yoruba and Igbo which are the three main
languages or ethnic groups in Nigeria.
The defendants are yet to reply. The Court also is yet to fix a date for the hearing of the case.
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