A pan-Igbo socio-political association, Ndi Igbo Worldwide Union, has condemned what it described as “pushback” by Nigerian Islamic authorities against the United States Congress’s call for the repeal of Sharia law in Nigeria. Following the designation of Nigeria as a Country of Particular Concern by the US government led by President Donald Trump, the US Congress, spearheaded by Congressman Riley M. Moore, recently recommended the scrapping of Sharia law in the country as part of measures to end the oppression of Christians. In a statement on Friday, jointly signed by the President, Benjamin I. Nwankwo, and Secretary, Chief Charles Edemuzo, Ndi Igbo Worldwide Union warned that the rejection of the recommendation by Islamic authorities shows that the current structure of the Nigerian sta...