Nigerians have launched attacks at the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) after the group petitioned President Muhammadu Buhari to order the stoppage of the airing of 2019 edition of the reality television show, Big Brother Naija.
The group had in a statement issued by its director, Professor Ishaq Akintola, described the show as ‘immoral, dangerous and bohemian’.
It accused organisers of the show of ‘dragging our children into a life of moral debauchery’ and ‘robbing them of the last vestiges of honour.’
The group said: “We are being forcibly dragged to a world of nudity, shamelessness and open promiscuity. Inmates of BBNaija kiss, romance and engage in sex openly. BBNaija is bohemian, anti-social, crude and immoral. It constitutes a potent danger to every home. BBNaija is satanic. It is unacceptable.”
MURIC also criticised the Ministry of Information and Culture and the National Orientation Agency for ‘sleeping’ and going on ‘sabbatical’ on the reality show.
Nigerians on Twitter have spoken out against the group’s demands, saying that the show is justified by its rating of 18+.
