January 9, 2025

Protests erupt over appointment of Asiwaju Musulumi of Osogboland

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Osogbo central mosque

The reported appointment of Alhaji Muniru Adebayo Raji as the Asiwaju Musulumi of Osogboland by Chief Imam Sheikh Musa Animashaun has sparked discontent among some members of the Osogbo Muslim community.

During a press briefing in Osogbo on Wednesday, Sheikh Sulaiman Ajao Akala, Head of the Alasaro, expressed strong opposition to the decision.

Speaking on behalf of the Muslim community, Sheikh Akala criticized the appointment as a “unilateral decision” lacking broader consensus.

He further warned that the move could provoke unnecessary religious tensions and disrupt the harmony currently enjoyed by Muslims in Osogbo.

He said: “This unilateral decision of the Chief Imam is not only disappointing to the whole Muslim community but much unwholesome.

“It is best considered as an attempt to create avoidable religious crises in an otherwise peaceful Osogbo muslim community.

“Islam is a religion of peace which has a complete set of standard principles in virtually all facets of life.

“The ascendancy of Sheik Musa Animashaun to the position of the Chief Imam of Osogboland too is one of the proofs of the existence of this set of principles.”

The Alasaro Head added that, “the alleged appointment of Alhaji Muniru Adebayo Raji as the Asiwaju Musulumi of Osogboland is not only unacceptable but very much demeaning to the collective religious sensibilities of the Muslim Ummah.”

 

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