A mild drama played out at an MTN registration outlet in Abuja when a certain Muslim woman refused to remove her ‘hijab’ to complete her SIM registration process. Following the fine imposed on MTN by the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, for having about 5 million unregistered SIMs in its network, it started another round of SIM cards registration in the country to meet up with the January deadline. At the Garki II, Lagos street MTN outlet, a Yoruba-speaking Muslim woman covered with hijab, refused security search at the entrance to the registration centre. NAIJAPALS gathered that the Muslim woman said she will not unveil herself before she will gain access into an office ‘in her own country.’ A police officer, who was acting on instructions to check every customer before they gained access into the office, told a reporter that, “This woman is a suspect. “How can you come to a public place dressed like this and you expect to gain access into an office that is not yours? “No one knows what she has under her veil. She may be carrying a bomb, who knows? “This is the reason why we insisted on searching her and she claimed she is a Minister’s wife,” the officer said. Meanwhile, the purported Minister’s wife gained access into the office through the intervention of one of the MTN staff who identified herself simply as Zainab. Zainab, the front desk Manager, said the unidentified woman asked to be privately attended to as she cannot unveil herself in public. According to her, “The woman asked me to register her in a private room because she cannot remove her veil. I told her it is not in any way possible and after pleading, I asked her, “what if I want to take your photo during the registration?” Zainab said the supposed Minister’s wife also declined and asked for the registration to be done without her snap shot. She said the woman later asked that she sought permission from her husband before she can unveil her face for the registration process to be completed. The woman, having caused a stir in the outlet with eyebrows raised, disorganized queues with her insistence and left mouths wagging. She told reporters that she will make sure she deals with ‘this so-called police officer.’ The Hajiya, (as she was referred to), who didn’t want her name mentioned, said, “Can you imagine the embarrassment, an ordinary police woman stopping me from entering an office in my own country? “I will show you,” she added. Speaking further, she said, “I want to do this registration thing and they say I must open my veil, which I cannot do because it is against my belief. “I managed to gain access into the office after several embarrassments from these police guard. When I got in, the MTN officials said I needed to open up my face for a snap shot to complete my registration process which I had not even started.“I just came out to take permission from my husband, whether or not I should unveil myself, before this police woman said if I go out, I won’t be allowed to go back into the office unless I am thoroughly searched,” she said. When asked if she was actually a wife of one of the Nigerian Ministers, she said, “I’m sure you must have heard people say that here. People, who know me, have said it, so I cannot talk about that right now,” the professed minister’s wife quipped.
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Posted: at 20-01-2016 01:50 PM (9 years ago) | Gistmaniac
Nonsense. Even at the hospital she will not unveil herself for check up. I dont know the reason she was allowed in the first place. Well done Police Officer for good job
Posted: at 20-01-2016 02:28 PM (9 years ago) | Gistmaniac
zezprincess at 20-01-2016 02:53 PM (9 years ago) (f)
Nonsense,What a phyuk!,I wish am the one working at the mTN office,Imagine,hmmmmmn,Police officer,am strongly behind you,na your type we need for force,no be dat zainab or whatever her name is that allowed the so called minister's wife to gain access in mtn office just cos na dem dem.Minister's wife wey no no her left and right,you threaten a police officer,let anything happen to the police woman&you go see,Rubbish,Na una dey carry explosive&bomb dey waka dey find who una go kill but na una generation una go kill.Just furious with anger now.
Posted: at 20-01-2016 02:53 PM (9 years ago) | Hero
Rubbish, madness in fact arrant nonsense. Who does she think she is to talk to d police woman doing her job anyhow. If she is a minster wife so wat???,She must be very stupid. Dis rubbish hijab have to be ban. D country is not save yet. D pple standing there wit herself get mind o. If na me I for don pick race. D fear of boko haram.
Posted: at 20-01-2016 03:28 PM (9 years ago) | Addicted Hero
That police officer should be promoted for doing the right thing..Our security in Nigerian in these times of boko haram should be taking more serious than people's ancient and crazy religious believes from 20000 yrs ago..If I was an employee of mtn I would not let that woman through ..I don't care if her husband is president buhari...we need to have one standard for everybody..This would not happen abroad
Posted: at 20-01-2016 03:36 PM (9 years ago) | Gistmaniac
Dramaking at 20-01-2016 03:46 PM (9 years ago) (m)
Lmao... I guess she aint got an international passport, shez juz one of the numerous house wives married straight outta a remote village.. Lol. Datz why im contemplatin movin 2 d state...
Posted: at 20-01-2016 03:46 PM (9 years ago) | Gistmaniac
I just dislike this religion for this how will someone that God created be covering her whole body like masquerade and say it not good for another man to see her face accept her husband.
Posted: at 20-01-2016 06:04 PM (9 years ago) | Hero
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