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From Lateef Dada, Osogbo
The Concerned Muslim Stakeholders and League of Alfas in Osun State have commended President Bola Tinubu for towing a path of peace, law and order despite attacks on him by the people over the local government allocation of Osun.
The group praised Tinubu for jettisoning bullies of the PDP and the state government’s sponsored association, lobbyists, clerics and others over the allocations.
Speaking at a press conference jointly addressed by the president and secretary of the group, Sheikh Khozeem AbdurRahman and AbdulGanuyy Said, in Osogbo, yesterday, the group condemned the propaganda that trailed the allocation matter and warned stakeholders against being used to cause division.
Noting that the Court of Appeal is insensitive to safety of the people and not too careful of peace in the state, the group called for investigation of the ruling of the Appeal Court in June, where it also allowed 10th February ruling.
The group posited that the ruling on a matter not put before the court is unfair and capable of throwing a whole state into violence and crises, insisting that such should be investigated and sanctioned by the appropriate authority.
“The Royal Fathers should always endeavour to do a thorough finding on issues that concern the state so as to be able to make a balanced position and thereby avoid public embarrassment.”
The Muslim stakeholders faulted the position of League of Imams and Alfas in Osun led by Imam Musa Animasahun, ordering the president to release the allocation in line with the Appeal Court judgement which affirmed the legitimacy of the elected PDP Chairmen and councillors.
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The group described the position of Chief Imam as not only false, misleading, unfair, illegal, unlawful but also a product of failure to ground an investigation into issue before taking a position and contrary to the teachings of the Islam.
“Obviously, the League of Imams and Alfas must not claim to be oblivious of illegality involved in such a calling because the Supreme Court in AGF v. AG Abia has granted financial autonomy to the Local Governments in Nigeria in July 2024. The Alfas should not be seen forming part of the efforts of the Governor Ademola Adeleke’ desperation to still illegally collect the allocations.
“Governor Ademola Adeleke should dissociate itself from all the misleading information being peddled around over the local government allocations contrary to the real facts of the issues or be ready to be taken as governing the state with deceits, dishonesties, falsities, misleading and cheap propaganda.
“The market men, women, artisans, workers, voters, professionals and the electorate in Osun State should be commended for having refused to be moved by all the lies. Little wonders, unlike the “merchandise”, there is no a single protest from these good people of Osun State ever held since the beginning of the cheap propaganda on the local government unless one is hurriedly planned and sponsored again from today by the PDP-led government in Osun State as usual.
“The Osun State judiciary too has a duty to ensure that law and order always reign and to also ensure that image of the judiciary is protected at all times.
“In all circumstances, parties must always ensure that law and order prevail and must also ensure that disputes are taken to the court of law for adjudication rather than propaganda capable of fueling crises in the state. We should all be law-abiding at all times,” the group said.
