Re: Salviamo Safya Hussaini Tudu

["Comitato Paul Rougeau (RM)" <prougeau@tin.it>]

A 00.33 19/11/2001 +0100, vous avez écrit : 
>>>>
> Cari amici,
Scusatemi per la lunghezza di questo messaggio. 
<<<<

Cari amici,
il caso e' vero e la situazione in Nigeria e' quella da noi descritta. Ci sono svariati servizi dei media e la stessa Amnesty che na parlano. Volete tutti i pezzi che trovo in archivio?

Saluti
Giuseppe

P. S. Vi incollo l'ultimo messaggio giunto sul caso:
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Nov. 14



NIGERIA:

The Sokoto State government has declared that the Federal Government  can
not change the judgement of death sentence by stoning passed on Hajiya
Safiyatu Husseini by the Gwadabawa Upper Sharia Court.

She has since appealed against the conviction over the allegation of
adultery preferred against her according to Sharia law.

Her counsel, Barrister Abdulkadir Ibrahim has also applied for a stay  of
execution pending the determination of the appeal.

However, the State Attorney-General, Alhaji Aliyu Abubakar Saina, said on
a Voice of America (VOA) Hausa service programme monitored in Abuja, that
in as much as the judgement was legal, there was no way the Federal
Government could stop the court's ruling.

He disagreed with the Attorney-General of the Federation, Chief Bola  Ige
who was credited with the statement that the Federal Government would not
allow the Sokoto State government to execute the adulteress.

According to him, Chief Bola Ige's statement is a violation of the
Nigerian constitution.

"We didn't have any discussions with the Federal Ministry of Justice on
the issue. This is due to the fact that it is unconstitutional for the
federal government to interfere in the matter. It will amount to an abuse
of court process and a violation of Nigerian constitution," Alhaji  Aliyu
maintained.

He also spoke on the position of the Sharia legal code in the Nigerian
constitution, saying, "everybody knows that President Olusegun Obasanjo
and Bola Ige have assured that Sharia is not against the constitution  of
Nigeria. So why would they come out to oppose a judgement based on the
Sharia court which is considered as legal by the federal government?

"Nobody can officially dismiss the judgement except a Court of Appeal  or
Supreme Court, since the person found guilty of committing the said
offence has a right to appeal up to the last stage. Whoever is opposed to
the death sentence can appeal," he added.

The Gwadabawa Upper Sharia Court presided over by Khadi Mohammadu Bello
had sentenced Safiyatu Husseini to death by stoning for committing
adultery contrary to the Sharia law of Sokoto State. He however,  granted
her 30 days within which she could appeal against the sentence.

While filing the appeal, Barrister Ibrahim, counsel for Safiyatu said  he
would raise legal arguments that would eventually expose the lapses in
the procedures, which resulted in the sentencing of his client.

He said the legal team was only interested in the freedom of the woman
"and would do everything possible within the Islamic legal system to
ensure this at the appeal."

(source: Daily Trust)

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