The umbrella body for Christians in Nigeria maintaned that the participation of the country in the sporting event was illegal, since the Constitution upholds Nigeria was a secular state.
This was contained in a letter by CAN’s Secretary-General, Mr. Musa Asake, dated May 10, 2017, which was addressed to the Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo and copied to the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki; as well as the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, OSGF.
Entitled: ‘Illegal Participation of Nigeria at the Islamic Solidarity Sports Federation, BAKU 2017′, the letter reads, “It has come to our notice that the Islamic Solidarity Sports Federation is organising its 4th game titled BAKU 2017 in Azerbaijan between May 12 – 22 2017.
“Of concern to us is the information that Nigeria is listed as one of the 57 countries participating in the games.
“Nigeria is one of the 57 countries participating in the sports fiesta tagged, ‘BAKU 2017.’
“The organisers confirmed that the games are strictly for Islamic countries because the ‘ISSF is a section of the Organisation of the Islamic Cooperation’.
“We request that this claim and Nigeria’s participation should be investigated because, including Nigeria in an International engagement based purely on religion violates the spirit and letter of section 10 of the 1999 constitution (as amended).”
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