Nigeria is a secular state’ — lawyer sues FG over OIC membership
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Malcom Omirhobo, a Lagos-based human rights lawyer, has sued the federal government over Nigeria’s membership of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC).
Omirhobo asked the court to declare the membership illegal and terminate Nigeria’s association with the OIC.
He also prayed the court to restrain the federal government from funding Nigeria’s membership of the organisation from public purse.
The issue for determination raised in the suit is whether Sections 1(1), 10, and 42 (1) (a) (b) of the 1999 Nigerian Constitution (as amended) makes it constitutional for the government to use public funds and the commonwealth of Nigerians to fund the membership of the OIC.
Culled from The cable, Bolanle Olabimtan author.
