Kungiyar Supreme Council for Shariah in Nigeria (SCSN) ta jihar Oyo ta sanar da janye tallafin wata kotun Shari’a da ta shirya aiyana ranar 11 ga Janairu, 2025, bayan ta samu zargi daga mutane da dama a yanar gizo.
Gwamnan jihar Oyo, Seyi Makinde, ya shiga cikin harkar ta hana aiwatar da shirin na kotun Shari’a, inda ya ce “Game da kaddamar da kotun Shari’a a garin Oyo, mutane zasu iya kokarin yin haka, amma ga mu, na rantsar da kiyaye doka da kundin tsarin mulkin Najeriya.”
Kungiyar SCSN ta ce an yi kuskure a cikin sunan shirin, inda aka rubuta ‘kotun Shari’a’ maimakon ‘kotun shari’a mai zaman kanta’. Wannan kotun mai zaman kanta an shirya ta ne don warware rikice-rikice tsakanin Musulmai da ke son amfani da ita ba tare da ikon shari’a ko hukunci ba.
Sanata Ahmed Raji, wanda dan kungiyar lauyoyi ne daga jihar Oyo, ya bayyana cewa “kotun mai zaman kanta ita ce don warware rikice-rikice tsakanin Musulmai da ke son amfani da ita kai tsaye, kuma ba ta da ikon shari’a ko hukunci kama yadda ake zargin.”
Kungiyar Kirista a jihar Oyo, ta hanyar shugabanta Joshua Akinyemiju, ta kakaice shirin na kotun Shari’a, tana mai cewa ba zai yiwuwa a jihar Oyo ba saboda ita ce jihar tarayya.
Mai magana da yawun gwamnan jihar Oyo, Dr. Sulaimon Olanrewaju, ya ce “jihar Oyo ba ta bar komai ba zai yi wanda bai dace da tsarin doka da muke gudanarwa ba.”