Bashir Abdullahi

Lawyer and Banker

[Bashir Abdullahi @bashlaw1]

@KemPatriot May Allah continue to have mercy on his soul, Ameen

[Bashir Abdullahi @bashlaw1]

@mabziz LLB
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PHD (in view)

[Bashir Abdullahi @bashlaw1]

@iyaboawokoya Aunty, it’s call Operation 2 Million votes for APC 😀 good morning ma’am.

[Bashir Abdullahi @bashlaw1]

@iyaboawokoya @ogundamisi Hod bless ma’am, exactly my thoughts.

[Madam PresIdent: With me, it is All About Nigeria @iyaboawokoya]

@mabziz https://t.co/aDyexDegO8

[Madam PresIdent: With me, it is All About Nigeria @iyaboawokoya]

If religion has become such a decisive factor in our politics, perhaps it is time to revisit Section 10 of the Constitution which provides that:

"The Government of the Federation or of a State shall not adopt any religion as State Religion."

On paper, Nigeria is a secular state. In practice, however, religion has become one of the foremost considerations in political leadership.

We insist that a Muslim-Muslim ticket at the federal level is either acceptable or unacceptable depending on our political persuasion. In many states however, particularly in the South-West, a Christian governorship candidate is often expected to balance the ticket with a Muslim deputy and vice versa. In Kaduna and several other states, religious balancing in recent times has come under scrutiny as not being an entrenched constitutional convention. We also speak about gender inclusion, although our performance in that regard falls woefully short of our rhetoric.

To me, this raises an important constitutional question: If religious balance is now an entrenched expectation of the Nigerian electorate, should we continue to pretend that it is merely a political convention? Or should we honestly acknowledge reality and establish clear constitutional rules governing it?

The same question applies to the North-South divide.

Do we truly believe in rotational presidency? If we do, then let us stop relying on informal party arrangements and political understandings. Let us debate it openly and, if there is national consensus, we should responsibly amend the CFRN. Rules create certainty, conventions on the other hand, create endless disputes.

A mature democracy should not have to renegotiate the same fundamental questions every election cycle. Whether it is religion, regional rotation, or even minimum gender representation, we should decide as a nation whether these are constitutional principles or merely political preferences.

If they are principles, let us write them into the Constitution.

If they are not, then let us stop treating them as though they are.

Our democracy deserves clarity, not perennial ambiguity. Every election should not become another constitutional argument over rules that were never formally made.

[Bashir Abdullahi @bashlaw1]

@iyaboawokoya @BashirElRufai I agree, aunty, he won’t, absolutely not

[Bashir Abdullahi @bashlaw1]

@iyaboawokoya @mabziz @ishakaa @mabziz over to you our aunty dey ask you kweshion, oya hansa 😂😂😂

[Bashir Abdullahi @bashlaw1]

@iyaboawokoya @ishakaa Aunty, I will rather he doesn’t dig ooh, you need to see how dusty Minna has become as a result of digging everywhere and all activities stalled thereafter, you may want to ask @mabziz for the job delivery of the farmer Gov, all noise no action or movement, may God help us.

[Bashir Abdullahi @bashlaw1]

@iyaboawokoya @AdesinaAji47706 @oluwas14215 @elrufai Ma’am, Deji’s evidence is as good as any of these ignorant fellows given evidence too, if they watched live transmission since the logic of their argument is that Deji was physically in the studio when El-Rufai made the statement, since that for them is the evidence for hacking.

[Bashir Abdullahi @bashlaw1]

@dmightyangel Ikpeazu is on another level bro, #500 for pregnant women to care of themselves is insanity

[Bashir Abdullahi @bashlaw1]

@gtbank @Afolarinjnr @gtbank_help Are you sure bro, I don’t think any can be worse than @moniepoint honestly.

[Bashir Abdullahi @bashlaw1]

@olusegini @bolagy @ishakaa You can continue barking, I am done with this engagement, just remember that any gutter language you spurred out goes back to your elderly ones if you have any, since you said I am, “tsohon banza” “Fi mi di won awon daddy ati uncle e”uncultured mannerless youth. A lai leko. Peace

[Bashir Abdullahi @bashlaw1]

@olusegini @bolagy @ishakaa You’re obviously not just stupid and ignorant but also uncultured, barbaric and not capable of any meaningful engagement without resorting to gutter language. I made a simple statement but what came from was vituperations like a loose canon, “se won ko e nile bi won se n soro ni

[Bashir Abdullahi @bashlaw1]

@bolagy @olusegini @ishakaa That’s why he should not have said the uncle handed down “shariah judgment” cos it’s only a legally constituted authority that can give judgment of that nature. Unfortunately, both are too emotional and sentimental to read and decipher the observation, I’m not 4 d politics, pls.

[Bashir Abdullahi @bashlaw1]

@olusegini @bolagy @ishakaa Read and understand the observations I made on your earlier statement, perhaps, you will not have engaged in the use of foul language. The correction is focused only on phrase “shariah judgment” and the question is can an uncle or a mob give judgment ? And not on Shariah as a law

[Bashir Abdullahi @bashlaw1]

@olusegini @ishakaa @bolagy Stop being foolish and stupid, be humble enough to take corrections, humility is not a sign of weakness and taking corrections is not tantamount to defeat. Judgement of any kind can only be handed down by a lawfully constituted/judicial authority and by a mob or an individual.

[Bashir Abdullahi @bashlaw1]

@olusegini @bolagy @ishakaa I tried to refrain from using vulgar language in correcting you in your statement that cutting that boy’s hand was “sharia judgment” but it appears neither of you is smart enough to see it. Judgement can only be handed down by a judicial authority and any random individual or mob

[Bashir Abdullahi @bashlaw1]

@olusegini @ishakaa @bolagy what happened to Deborah is not different from what happened to the boy you mentioned, it’s all called jungle Justice and the Shariah can only be administered by a court of law. By the why do so quickly resort insults. “Ewo ni ti awon weyreh” simply because you were corrected.