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The Lagos House of Assembly has denied a report that it secretly passed a Sharia Bill to get Northerners support for the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate, Sen. Bola Tinubu.
The Chairman, House Committee on Information, Security and Strategy, Mr Setonji David, made this known in a statement on Wednesday.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that an online media had reported that the assembly hurriedly passed a bill to set up Sharia courts, paving way for Sharia law in Lagos state which had been signed into law by the current state governor.
David, representing Badagry II, said the report was a mere figment of the imagination of the writer and a total lie from the pit of hell.
The spokesperson said no informed person should believe such lies against the assembly that was above the common standard of excellence, adding that the news was far from the reality.
He said: “The attention of the Lagos state house of assembly has been drawn to a malicious and unfounded report making the rounds on social media.
“That the assembly has secretly passed a sharia law in a deal to get Northern support for Tinubu, the APC presidential candidate…
