Amina Lawal
- January 9, 2024
- Writer
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Amina Lawal Biography
| Name | Amina Lawal |
| Birthday | Jan 4 |
| Birth Year | 1973 |
| Place Of Birth | Katsina |
| Birth Country | Nigeria |
| Birth Sign | Capricorn |
Amina Lawal is one of the most popular and richest Writer who was born on January 4, 1973 in Katsina, Nigeria. A petition from 2002 entitled “save Amina” gathered a number of thousands of signatures. Then an e-communication from 2003 which included the following subject “”Please Stop the International Amina Lawal Protest Letter Campaigns” which was signed by Ayesha Iman and Sindi Medar-Gould representing the two Nigerian Human Rights organizations said the “save Amina” petition had several errors, including an inaccurate assertion that the execution of the sentences was near. They also disputed the claim that “There is an unbecoming arrogance in assuming that international human rights organizations or others always know better than those directly involved, and therefore can take actions that fly in the face of their express wishes”.
Amina Lawal Kurami (born 1972) is an Nigerian woman. On the 22nd of March 2002, 2002 An Islamic Sharia court (in Funtua, Nigeria in the northern state of Katsina) sentenced her to execution by stoning for adultery and for having conceived the child outside of wedlock. The man who she claimed to be the father was never charged due to lack of evidence and declared innocent by the court , despite not having any DNA test.
In May 2003, the official response of the Embassy of Nigeria in the Netherlands to the then Sharia-based trial of the State of Katsina in Nigeria, was that no court had given a stoning order on Lawal. They claimed the reports were “unfounded and malicious” and were “calculated to ridicule the Nigerian judicial system and the country’s image before the international community.” They claimed no knowledge of such a case.
A second appeal was put in motion and on September 25, 2003 Lawal’s sentence of death by stoning for adultery was overturned by a five-judge panel of Katsina State Sharia Court of Appeal. Four of the five judges ruled that the conviction violated Islamic law on a number of points, which included: the defendant’s right to proper legal defense was not ensured; the circumstantial evidence of her pregnancy was not sufficient; the confession of the accused was not valid; and only one instead of the required three judges was present at the time of conviction.
Lawal became the second Nigerian woman sentenced to death through stoning, for engaging in sexual relations before getting married. First, Safiya Hussaini, had her sentence reversed in March 2002 in the first of her appeals. Sharia law was enacted in Nigeria’s northern Muslim state of Zamfara in 2000, and has since been extended to at minimum twelve other states.
Amina Lawal Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Writer |
| House | Living in own house. |
Amina Lawal is one of the richest Writer from Nigeria. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Amina Lawal 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
The case revealed religious and civil tensions between Christian as well as Muslim parts of Nigeria. The verdict also sparked massive outrage across the West and a series campaign were launched convince Nigerian authorities Nigerian government to reverse the decision. A number of contestants in Miss World Miss World beauty contest, scheduled for Nigeria at the time of 2002 opted from the competition in be protesting over Amina Lawal’s treatment. On the Oprah Winfrey Show featured an exclusive report about Amina Lawal and advised viewers to write protest messages addressed to Nigerian ambassador to America. United States – over 1.2 million emails were sent.
On the 19th of August, 2002, Lawal’s very first appeal against the sentence of stoning was denied through the Islamic judge located in Katsina State of Nigeria. The judge who ruled on appeals stated that the sentence will be handed down in the event that Kurami has her daughter weaned off breast- feeding.
Ambassador A.A. Agada of the Embassy of Nigeria in Washington D.C., U.S., was more forthcoming in recognizing the case of Lawal and stated on 29 August 2003: “the Embassy wishes to inform that Malama Amina Lawal has three levels of courts of appeal before the final determination of her case. The Embassy hereby assures the general public that Malama Lawal’s right to a fair hearing under the Nigerian Constitution is guaranteed. Therefore due appellate processes will be followed to ensure the rule of law”.
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