Nigeria’s Sultan of Sokoto Bans #MeToo Movement
Published on: Monday 09 December 2019
The Sultan of Sokoto, Nigeria’s premier Islamic traditional ruler, has banned the #ArewaMeToo campaign in Sokoto state. The movement is a northern Nigeria spinoff of the international #MeToo movement. Following the ban there have been allegations that the police have assaulted two women’s rights activists. Sokoto state is socially conservative and predominantly Muslim. The sultan’s […]
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