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The Sharia legal system was first introduced in the Fourth Republic in

A.

Kano State

B.

Katsina State

C.

Zamfara State

D.

Sokoto State

Correct answer is C

In Nigeria, Sharia has been instituted as a main body of civil and criminal law in 9 Muslim-majority and in some parts of 3 Muslim-plurality states since 1999, when then- Zamfara State governor Ahmad Sani Yerima began the push for the institution of Sharia at the state level of government. It started in Zamfara State (27 October 1999)