Proscription of Shiites is illegal, unconstitutional- Ozekhome

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The proscription of the Shii’tes Islamic religious group by the Federal government has been described as “illegal, discriminatory and unconstitutional.” Nigeria’s foremost lawyer, Mike Ozekhome, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, stated this in Abuja on Saturday, in his reaction

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