Sharia Storm As Celebrated Author And Obidient Is Arrested For Meeting Married Woman In Abuja Hotel

Celebrated Nigerian author and supporter of Peter Obi, Dr. Ayo Sogunro is at the centre of a storm after the police in Abuja allegedly invaded his hotel room and arrested him for allegedly being in the company of a married woman as against the stipulations of Sharia Law.

The incident which happened last weekend leaked out after the author and human rights activist spoke about his embarrassment of spending the night in the police cell over the issue.

Sogunro, 38 who is based in South Africa and once reckoned as one of the 100 most influential Nigerians was in Abuja to organize a meeting with human rights activists and had upon arrival informed friends to catch up with him in his hotel room.

The married lady who happened to have been his acquittance from law school way back 15 years ago was the first to arrive. 15 minutes after her arrival, the police arrived the hotel room and were met by other friends of the author.

Explaining why they accosted him following his arrest, the author said:

“The DPO countered that (as we were in Northern Nigeria under the Penal Code), it was highly suspicious for a married woman to be visiting me and the police were within rights to have intervened and enter my hotel room without all that process.”

Following his release the author was quick to assert that the arrest may not have been on account of his Obidient inclination as he disclosed that he was visited by both All Progressives Congress, APC and Peoples Democratic Party, PDP associates.

However, reaction over the apparent implementation of Sharia law in Abuja was trending on Twitter on Thursday as the issue came to the fore.

Peoples Gazette @GazetteNGR

Ayo Sogunro arrested because Shariah law bans ‘suspicious’ meeting with married woman in Abuja

Ikechukwu @Ikechukwuisking

Wait a min, Abuja? This madness don reach Abuja ?

Gwen Divy Ifeson @gwenshuga

What’s sharia law doing in Abuja 

Taiye Oyakhire @OyakhireTaiye

Abuja?? How Abeg?? Shariah law is operational in Abuja?? Abi na play be this???

PND @PoundsNDollarss

Na craze dey worry Una with that sharia law.

Manasseh Allen @salakwa1

It must be a personal directive from some persons of Interest to either harass him, her or both. The poster agency should have quoted the section of that sharia law that prohibited personal meeting with married individuals.

Christiana Daniel @danTiana42

Have Sharia law been adopted as the new Nigerian constitution   naija which way. If we say they are trying to islamize this country Muslims will say no but then what is d meaning of guys biko

Lulli Lulli Lulli (Ore-Ofe) @GodsCreatureSon

Sharia law in Federal Capital Territory, wonderful. Abeg, cook another story 4 us. Dem fit use Sharia law 4 Christian people? Is this a kind of another play? Except d lady seeing him is a Muslim but if not, I don’t think they can use Sharia law for 2 Christians seeing each other.

Ọsahẹnọma @natureorder

FCT, Abuja?  MuMu ticket is at play here. Na from clap dance dey start.

There were some others who frowned at the meeting between the married woman and the author in his hotel room.

Jennifer Nnenna @imjennnenna

This same Abuja married women? Let me seal my mouth abeg

Lone Wolf @DWhytewolf

Why would he even meet a married woman in a hotel room? It’s giving “unwise”!! A lounge would have saved you stress, I’m unmarried and won’t even do it maybe cos I’m a northerner and it’s just weird.. not to talk of married. Didn’t know it was an Arrest-able offence tho

Yusuf Adeoye @YusufAdeoye6

What is that Sogunro doing in hotel with married woman….he’s not even ashamed to say it.

Ademola @calldemy4u

A married woman going to a hotel to visit a friend in the friend’s room sounds odd. My wife can’t do that and I’ll permit it. What happened to meeting at the corridor or in the reception?

Meanwhile, the married woman who may have been in a marital dispute with the husband who allegedly may have instigated the hullabaloo has not been named.

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