What does it mean that some nigerian officials applied islamic law in their jurisdictions?

Some Nigeria officials , don't follow the Nigeria Constitution.

They belief in religious law to make their decisions.

Explanation:

Jurisdictions which means the official power to make legal decisions and judgements.

In Nigeria, Sharia/islam law has been instituted as a main body of civil and criminal law in nine Muslim-majority states, and in some parts of three Muslim-plurality states since 1999.

In Nigeria some government officials take law into their hands to punish citizens.

This has in some situations brought about dictatorship, because it reduce freedom of speech and creates no room for checks in the system of government.

the punishment for breaking the law would depend on the conditions or the seriousness of the law being broken, if he or she breaks the law while doing some great discovery or invention then it would classify as a scientific fraud. there are other words to describe the crime but scientific fraud would be the harshest one.

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