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Yoruba Committee on National Conference is a Christian agenda – MURIC

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Hmmmm! Yorubaland has slowly but surely  started to catch the  religious intolerance bug. The APC leadership has  previously been accused of being too Muslim,  and so in trying to sideline them, the other side does exactly the same  thing.  Yorubas are tolerant people o. These leaders should stop trying  to sow religious division.  It is well o.
 The Yoruba Committee on National Conference which met two days ago at  Isara-Remo, Ogun State, home of elder statesman, Sir Olaniwun Ajayi, to  strategise on the selection of delegates for the South-West zone, has  been described as a questionable gathering.
 Some of the prominent Yoruba leaders at the meeting were: Sir  Olaniwun Ajayi (host); Chief Olu Falae; Governor Olusegun Mimiko of Ondo  State; Gen. Alani Akinrinade (rtd.); Afenifere leader, Chief Reuben  Fasoranti; former presidential candidate, Dr. Tunji Braithwaite;  Afenifere leader, Chief Ayo Adebanjo; Pastor Tunde Bakare; Bishop  Bolanle Gbonigi (rtd.) and Archbishop Ayo Ladigbolu.
 An Islamic group, the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), said it is  unfortunate that there was no single Muslim leader among the prominent  Yoruba leaders who attended the meeting.
 A statement by its Director, Professor Ishaq Akintola, said “It gives  room for suspicion. Such a gathering lacks balance. It is not only  parochial but also myopic. They should be able to look ahead. Are they  saying there are no Muslims in Yorubaland? it asked.
 “Governor Mimiko (Ondo) was there. He is a Christian. What of  Governors Rauf Aregbesola (Osun), Isiaka Ajimobi (Oyo), Iklil Ibikunle  Amosun (Ogun) and Raji Fashola (Lagos) who are all Muslims? Why were  they not invited? Is it because they are Muslims?
 “Why was the attendance heavily tainted with Christian clerics? A  prominent pastor was there with a bishop and an archbishop, whereas  there was no single Imam. Where are the Imams and Sheikhs of Yorubaland?
 “The Yoruba Committee on National Conference has started on a wrong  footing. They should realize that the world is changing and they should  allow that change to reflect. Gone are those days when decisions are  taken without consulting Muslims. Muslim docility has become history.  Nigerian Muslims have donned the garb of proactiveness.
 “It is a coup against Muslims. The Committee is on its own. We reject  its deliberations and whatever the outcome may have been. For it to be  credible and relevant, it must convene another meeting where Muslims  will be well represented. At least, the likes of Professor Daud Noibi,  Executive Secretary of the Muslim Ummah of South-West Nigeria (MUSWEN);  Shaykh Zughlool, founder and proprietor of Daar ad-Da’wah, Isolo, Lagos  and Shaykh Habeebullahi Al-Ilori of Markaz, Agege should be there. These  three alone are renowned Islamic clerics and they would have balanced  the list and made it acceptable.
 “Alhaji Abdul Azeez Arisekola Alao, the Aare Musulumi of Yorubaland  and Vice President-General of the whole South West of the Nigerian  Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs is the undisputable leader of  Muslims in Yorubaland. Any meeting of Yoruba leaders without his  presence is a charade. Others are former Minister of Works and President  of the Ansarud-Deen Society of Nigeria, Alhaji Femi Okunnu; foremost  industrialist, Chief S. O. Babalola and Chief Bola Babalakin. Anyone who  claims that he does not know these Muslim leaders is being economical  with reality but extravagant in imagination.
 “The notion of a Christian South is misleading. Islam had been in  Yorubaland more than a hundred years before the British bombarded Lagos  in 1851. Today, Muslims form a large majority in Yorubaland.”
 MURIC added that any attempt to take a stand among the Yoruba on the  proposed National Conference without due recognition for and  consultation of prominent Yoruba Muslim leaders and scholars will not  only be an exercise in futility but also autocratic.
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