The Muslim Rights Concern, MURIC,
has added its voice to the raging land controversy between the Islamic group,
Ahmadiyyah Muslims and former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose.
Ahmadiyyah Muslims had staged a
massive protest in Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital, penultimate Saturday
against Fayose.
The group, under the leadership
of Bashiru Alawode, accused the former Governor of forcefully acquiring its
land to build a petrol station for his son.
According to the group, an
Ahmadiyyah mosque was built on the land since the early 40’s but they decided
to demolish it recently because it was built with old moulded blocks.
The group maintained that the
intention was to put up a modern mosque to replace the old one but Fayose
allegedly seized the land and started building a petrol station there.
MURIC, in its reaction, described
Fayose’s action as tyrannical, totalitarian and immoral.
This was contained in a statement
made available on Tuesday and signed by MURIC’s director,
Professor Ishaq Akintola.
The rights group said, “Fayose’s
action is shameful. He is a political misnomer and an unmitigated disaster. He
has proved beyond reasonable doubt that he is an oppressor without borders.
“How can a whole sitting governor
confiscate a piece of land belonging to the Muslim community for personal use?
This is oppression of the highest order. Fayose is a selfish demagogue, a
political charlatan and a skullduggery primus inter pareil.
“This is a man who pretended that
he was a friend of the Ekiti masses. He rode okada in public. He ate roasted
corn by the roadside all in an effort to deceive the people that he belonged to
the hoi polloi. But the wind has blown now and we have seen the ruff of the
hen. Fayose is a shenanigan nulli secundus. Napoleon Bonaparte was right when
he said ‘Men are led by toys.’
“Fayose must return Muslim land.
Any land on which a mosque is built is Allah’s land. Seizing that land was
audacious in the first place and by that action the former governor has only
confirmed that he has no fear of God. This man needs to repent or he will face
Allah’s wrath.
“He has also proved his
pathological hatred for Muslims by commandeering their piece of land. We have
always said that Fayose is a Muslim hater. Are we not vindicated now? Why
should he seize mosque land of all the landed properties in Ekiti State? Why
Muslim land? The same Fayose went on a demolition spree of mosques in the state
when he was governor. The same Fayose refused to give Muslims in the state any
political appointment. He was widely known for his extremely lopsided political
appointments: an all-Christian cabinet and all-Christian board members and
chairmen. It was impunity ad infinitum. Fayose has left a pitiable legacy of
endogamy.
“Muslims in Ekiti State must
realize that rights are never given on a platter of gold. You struggle for it.
Dare to struggle, dare to win. There is no gain without pain. No people ever
overcome their downpressors without struggle. American blacks went through that
experience. South Africans regained their land through struggle.
“The travails and eventual
victory of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him), Martin Luther King Jnr, Nelson
Mandela, Haile Selassie, Thomas Sankara, Patrice Lumumba, Agostinho Neto,
Samora Machel and other icons of civil liberty, black struggle and African
revolution bear eloquent testimonies to this assertion. Ekiti Muslims must
therefore rise as one to give Fayose sleepless nights. The demonstration which
started last week must not stop although it must always be peaceful.
“Muslims must visit Fayose’s
private residence in Ado Ekiti with placards on a regular basis particularly on
Fridays. They must march on Fayose’s house straight from the Jum’ah prayer on
Fridays. Taunt Fayose with Bandiri drums. Let Alasalatu women surround his
house chanting Islamic ditties (waka). Occupy his street until he surrenders
the land. They must repeat the same thing every Salah day as they return from
Id al-Fitr and Id al-Kabiir prayers. Like Macbeth, Fayose has murdered sleep.
He shall sleep no more. Our people say ‘he who steals a poor man’s chicken has
offended the most garrulous story-teller’.”
MURIC appealed to the current
Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, to intervene in the matter.
“The current governor is a
gentleman to the core. We are appealing to him for redress and we hope he will
placate Ekiti Muslims, not only on the matter of Ahmadiyyah land seized by the
tyrant but also on the issue of political appointments,” the Muslim group said.
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