Ogun League of Imams Flays Pastor Who Allegedly Attack Muslim Cleric In Iseyin
ABEOKUTA – Following the attack on Alfa Sulaiman AbdulAzeez on the last Ileya Festival on Sunday, June 16, 2024, the League of Imams and Alfas, in Ogun State has condemned the alleged attack by Pastor Busari Stephen and his cohorts in Iseyin, Oyo State.
The Association’s Grand Chief, Shaykh Sikirullahi Babalola, who described the attack as a “targeted aggression and violence against Alfa Sulaiman and maybe, the Muslim community in Iseyin,” said he was shocked by the news and strongly condemn the attack.
The alleged attack which was said happened on last Ileya Festival on Sunday, June 16, 2024, was to have been “orchestrated by Pastor Busari Stephen.”
Though, details of the attack was not clearly stated, Shaykh Babalola, said similar attack had been launched to the victim last year December, 2023 with “individuals wearing Nigerian Army uniforms at the instance of the pastor,” the release quoted.
“The President General of the Ogun state League of Imams and Alfas, Shaykh Sikirullahi Babalola, the Grand Chief Imams of the zones, and the Ogun Muslim community was shocked by the news of and strongly condemn the attack on Alfa Sulaiman Abdul Azeez, his two wives, his mother, and other family members by Pastor Busari Stephen and his cohorts in Iseyin during the last Ileya festival on Sunday, June
16, 2024.
“This horrific attack was reportedly not the first of its kind to be orchestrated by Pastor Busari Stephen, there was indeed a previous incident in December 2023 when Alfa Sulaiman was unlawfully detained by individuals wearing Nigerian Army uniforms at the instance of the pastor.
“The incidents demonstrate a pattern of targeted aggression and violence against Alfa Sulaiman and maybe, the Muslim community in Iseyin.”
The Ogun State League of Imams and Alfas, called on the authorities at all levels to take immediate and decisive actions on what it also described as “impunity” to ensure justice for Alfa Sulaiman Abdul Azeez and his family.
“The Ogun State League of Imams and Alfas, on behalf of Ummah, hereby call on the authorities at all levels to take immediate and decisive actions to ensure justice for Alfa Sulaiman Abdul Azeez and his family.
“This is the only way to expunge impunity from our national psyche. The perpetrators of such an act should be fished out and brought to justice without delay. Such acts of violence and intimidation are wicked, inhuman and callous, unacceptable and must be addressed promptly to maintain the prevailing peace and harmony in our communities.”