Nigeria, Jan. 29 -- Nigeria's top Muslim organisation, the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), has faulted the future over the sitting of a Shariah panel in a mosque in Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital, and the dissolution of the panel by the traditional ruler of the town.

The NSCIA stated its position through a statement on Wednesday signed by its deputy national legal adviser, Haroun Eze.

The council, led by the Sultan of Sokoto, Sa'ad Abubakar, said the controversy was unwarranted, urging that Muslims be allowed to live and practise their religion without persecution in every part of Nigeria.

The controversy began after it was reported that a Shariah panel sat at the Central Mosque of Ado-Ekiti. On Saturday, the ...