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The Arrest of Mubarak Bala

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A file photo of Mubarak Bala       Mubarak Bala, an atheist and the president of the Humanist Association of Nigeria (HAN) has been arrested for a Facebook post in which he allegedly insulted Prophet Muhammad. He was arrested on Tuesday 28th April, 2020. A group of lawyers had petitioned the Kano State Police Command to prosecute Mubarak for insulting Prophet Muhammad on his Facebook page.  Mubarak Bala will likely be handed over to the Kano State Police Command who will in turn prosecute him for blasphemy, a crime which contravenes the Sharia Penal Code. Bala was born and raised a Muslim but converted to atheism in 2014. After his conversion, he was considered to be an apostate and he was forcibly committed to a psychiatric institution in Kano for eighteen days, during which he was forcibly drugged after stating that he was an atheist. This act is a contravention of his Right to dignity of human person, Right to freedom of thought, con...
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The Legality of Governor Wike’s Recent Directives

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       Governor Wike imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew in some parts of Port Harcourt on Tuesday 31st March, 2020, precisely at Obiri-Ikwerre junction (Ozuoba, Rumualogu) to Choba and from Education bus stop to Agip junction. Governor Wike stated inter alia in his broadcast that this decision was reached by the state security council after monitoring compliance with the government’s directive on the ban on open markets and other related ventures. The reason given by the Governor for the curfew is that despite his directive, markets still opened in the aforementioned areas. Dusk-to-dawn literally means from sunset to sunrise; this would mean that from sunrise residents can go about their lawful activities. But to the surprise of many, residents who went out as early as 6 a.m were driven back by security personnel; Security personnel in enforcing the curfew forced residents who were going about their lawful activities off the streets. This led to a ...
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