———–Condemns Osogbo Eid Day imbroglio
From Lateef Dada, Osogbo
The Muslim Ummah of South West Nigeria (MUSWEN) has warned politicians to exercise restraints and separate religion from politics to avoid unnecessary clashes as witnessed at the Osogbo Central Eid Praying Ground on Sallah day.
The president of MUSWEN, Alh Rasaki Oladejo, gave the warning in a statement signed by the Executive Secretary, Prof Muslih Yahya, and obtained by Daily Sun on Tuesday.
The MUSWEN described the incident as a regrettable attempt to import dirty politicking to a sacred religious arena, calling on politicians to always exercise restraint and draw a line of distinction between purely religious
obligations and crass politicking.
Loyalists of Governor Ademola Adeleke and supporters of the immediate past Senate spokesperson, Ajibola Basiru, nearly clash over seating arrangements at the Osogbo Eid Praying Ground, an incident that nearly disrupt the two-rakaat Eid prayers before the order was eventually restored.
The MUSWEN leader lamented that a matter that could have been easily and amicably settled by the two parties was
allowed to degenerate into such needless…
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