Your Statement Does Not Represents Stand Of Muslim Community • Turaki Adini Replies Kunle Sani Over Comment Against Makinde
The Turaki adini of oyo state and Wakil Faido Tijaniya Movement Yorubaland Edo and Delta, Engr Abduljelyl Adekunle Karheem Mogaji Adanla has replied Alhaji Kunle Sani, the chairman of oyo state Muslim community, that he is on his own as his statement does not in anyway represents the Muslim community in Oyo state.
The Turaki Adini also advised Alhaji Sani to leave the Governor Seyi Makinde alone and stop behaving as if he own Islam adding that Alhaji Sani is in alone and isolated on his path of blackmailing the governor on using Islam as a tool.
Alhaji Sani had repeatedly been critical of Makinde and condemning him over alleged sidelining and neglect of Muslims in the affairs of the state.
The Turaki Adini of Oyo state, Mogaji Adanla in a reaction on Thursday to a statement credited to Alhaji Sani in the news cautioned Islamic clerics to ensure they do not heat up the polity and political space using divisive religious sentiments as such may portend serious threat to the peaceful coexistence and harmonious cohabitation of all faiths in the state.
He explained that since most notable scholars are firmly with the governor who has greatly benefitted the Muslim community in the state after critical assessment of his contributions towards Islam in Oyo state, it was baseless and unwarranted for Alhaji Sani to engage in such act of religious blackmail against Governor Makinde.
“where do we want to start, is it the Adogba Islamic center that is world class and a replica of a renowned center in Turkey built by this same Governor Makinde or the renovation of Ibadan central mosque that has been dilapidated for almost 10 years, or is it the donation of buses to different Muslim groups and scholars in Ibadan including the Ibadan central mosque and many others? Adanla queried
The Turaki adini stated further that Seyi Makinde’s love, passion and care for Muslim community in the state did not start when he became Governor saying “he has consistently support the course of Islam for over 10 years when he started Ramadan lectures, sponsoring Muslim to Hajj and donation of brand new vehicles to aide the propagation of Islam.
“Just of recent when the spiritual head of Tijaniya movement worldwide and the Khalifa of Maolana Sheik Ibrahim Niyas visited Oyo state, Governor Seyi Makinde provided logistics like vehicles and police and also made cash donations to support the propagation of Islam.
Adanla however, advised Alhaji Kunle Sani to make his criticism of the governor Makinde a constructive affair devoid of religious blackmail as such is condemnable in Islam while equally advising that the governor is a listening governor whose door is always opened to ideas rather than blind and destructive criticism aimed at achieving selfish ulterior motives.
