FIC Report (Ekiti State) – The Ekiti State Government has denied claims of a Sharia Court or proposed Independent Sharia Arbitration Panel in the State and reaffirmed the commitment to peaceful coexistence among residents.
Dayo Apata SAN, the State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice made this known in a statement in Ado-Ekiti.
He clarified that the State Judicial structure does not include a Sharia Court or a similar Arbitration Panel.
Apata clarified that issues of arbitration and mediation were quasi-judicial matters regulated by law and adequately handled by existing legal institutions in the State.
According to him, “There is no Independent Sharia Arbitration Panel in the judicial structure of the State and that arbitration or mediation issues are quasi-judicial matters regulated by law in the state.”
He also noted that the State has legal structures including Customary Court, Customary Court of Appeal, High Court which handle cases relating to Islamic, Christian and traditional marriages and inheritance disputes.
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