Nigeria's Ibrahim Shekarau in profile

[Pete]

Nigeria's Ibrahim Shekarau in profile

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-12974761

Another African country with a north/south Muslim/Christian split. Another election. Which leader will win? The story is about what he's done in his province.

".......He has also come under fire for his personal creation - the Hisbah Guard - Kano's feared religious police tasked with enforcing Sharia law.

"Hisbah is no more than what you call today community policing," the governor argues, insisting the force enjoy support..............."


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"...........But their banning of a peaceful protest by women wanting to demonstrate at Sharia divorce laws provoked accusations of authoritarianism.

"This rally will create a bad impression about the state… it is un-Islamic, and morally wrong," declared Hisbah's deputy commander-general.

The women were ordered not to march. .............."

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"........The deep unease many feel about Mr Shekarau reveals Nigeria's startling religious and cultural divisions - from the Muslim-dominated north with its bans on beer and prostitution, to the hustling, oil-pumping, pulsating southern states.

How he would succeed in transforming himself from a regional northern leader to a national leader is difficult to say.

It would not be easy................"

[Richard]

Those in power will say and do anything to remain in power, and those not in power will do and say anything to gain power. Politics - with or without guns, religion, ethnic conflict, etc.

And so it goes...

Richard