The Lagos State House of Assembly has debunked the report that it secretly passed a Sharia Bill to get Northerners’ support for the All Progressives Congress, APC presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
The Chairman, House Committee on Information, Security and Strategy, Setonji David, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday.
An online media had reported that the assembly hurriedly passed a bill to set up Sharia courts and was signed into law by the current state governor, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).
The lawmaker representing Badagry II said the report was a mere figment of the writer’s imagination and a total lie from the pit of hell.
He said no informed person should believe such lies against the assembly.
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.
“We will not have dignified the writer of this hate speech but in order to set the records straight, this is a mere figment of the imagination of the writer and a total lie from the pit of hell.
“No informed person should believe this lie against the assembly that is above the common standard of excellence. The news is far from reality.
“Some people are just mischievous. Spreading all sorts of untrue stuff. Is it possible to pass a law under cover?
“The process of law making is universal and very open. You cannot pass a law without subjecting it to public hearing in Lagos state.”
