The Saudi Arabia Ministry of Justice has banned the marriage of persons under 18 years. It also set 18 years as the minimum age for marriage.
The Minister
of Justice and Chairman of the Supreme Judicial Council, Sheikh Walid
Al-Samaani, issued the new directive in a circular sent to all the courts in
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
The Arewa
Youth Consultative Forum (AYCF) has called for the immediate arrest and
prosecution of the Bishop of Sokoto Catholic Diocese, Bishop Mathew Hassan
Kukah, over his Christmas day message.
Bishop Kukah
in his Christmas day message, attacked President Buhari, accusing him of being nepotistic. He went on to also accuse
President Buhari of institutionalizing "northern hegemony by reducing
others in public life to second-class status. He went on to state that there
would have been a coup if a non-northern Muslim president does a fraction of
what Buhari has done.
Reacting to
the clergyman's statement, the Arewa Youths Consultative forum described
Kukah's statement as unguarded and open incitement to military coup and
insurrection against the democratically elected government.
In a
statement signed and released by its National President, Yerima Shettima, the
group called on the Federal Government to place Bishop Kukah on a special watch
list for this open attempt to “set the South against the North in order to
destabilize our country and further complicate matters.”
The statement
in part reads…..
“Such a
reckless statement by Kukah betrays something much more sinister against both
the North and the nation as a whole because Nigeria is at a stage that it
requires responsible advice for attaining peace and stability, not deliberate
attempt to mischievously compound our problems.
If Kukah
wants to play politics, he should not do so in the pulpit and he should keep
the Bishop’s office aside and choose any Nigerian political party platform to
contest for President in 2023 and stop all the pretences”
The group
then reminded the cleric of the rough road tread by democracy heroes to rid the
nation of military dictatorship at a time when he was nowhere in sight.
“We will not
allow opportunists who did make any contribution to scuttle the democracy
achieved through our sweat and toil and the sacrifice of our liberty,” the
statement read
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