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Muslims Storm Streets, Protest Against ‘Imposition’ Of Clerics On Central Mosque In Osun (Photos)

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Dec 30, 2021.

Muslims have protested against imposing imposition of clerics on central mosque in Osun state.

EKO HOT BLOG reports that scores of Muslims on Wednesday thronged to the streets of Iwo Community in Osun State to protest the imposition of clerics to run the affairs of Central Mosque.

It was gathered that the Muslims marched from different parts of the community and converged on the central mosque via the Iwo Palace.

The crowd grounded vehicular movement.

They objected to the imposition some clerics on the Central Mosque.

The protest was led by the leader of Muslims, Iwo Land, Alhaji Liadi Tela.

He was accompanied by the Chief Imam, AbdulFatai Olododo, Sheihk Hashim Ejalonibu, Sheihk AbdulMumeen Akinlewa, Sheihk AbdulMutalib Akinlade and Sheihk Mahbub Adedimeji.

Some of the placards read; “Ogundokun is not Iwo central mosque BOT Chairman”, “Ogundokun risk contempt of court”, “Oluwo is the BOT chairman of Iwo Central mosque”, “No judgement empowers Ogundokun to appoint officers for Central mosque”, among others.

Led by the ‘Asiwaju Musulumi of Iwoland’ and the Chief Imam, Alhaji Liadi Tella and Sheikh, AbdulFatai Olododo among other leaders, they insisted that Chief Abiola Ogundokun lacked the authority to appoint officials for the Muslim community in the town.

Tella, while addressing the protesters said, “The attention of the generality of Muslims of Iwo, Osun State, Nigeria has been drawn to some announcements making the rounds and credited to a certain Chief Abiola Ogundokun, which purport to fill some non-existent vacancies in the Iwo Central Mosque, including stating the hierarchy of such positions. We hereby state that:

“We publicly declared that Chief Abiola Ogundokun does not possess any power to appoint anyone as a holder of any office in the Iwo Central Mosque; the roles of the Board of Trustees for the Mosque are clearly spelt out in the registered Constitution of the Iwo Central Mosque, and such roles do not include the power to appoint anyone as a holder of any office in the Iwo Central Mosque.”

However, Shaikh Imran Adio, who was purportedly appointed as the Otun Ajanasi of Iwo, said, he and other officials were duly appointed.

He made reference to the letter signed by Chief Ogundokun as Chairman, Board of Trustee, Iwo Central Mosque, where Adio and three others as officials of the mosque.

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