tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85512269575594913932024-03-17T20:04:41.964-07:00MUSLIM RIGHTS (MURIC)This is the official blog of the Nigeria-based Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), a human rights organization which promotes, protects and projects the rights of Muslims. This group condemns terrorism and all acts of violence. Its motto is 'Dialogue, Not Violence'MURIChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06331068023399230259noreply@blogger.comBlogger1434125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8551226957559491393.post-89108365645475535482024-03-12T16:00:00.000-07:002024-03-12T16:00:37.576-07:00RAMADAN: SOUTH WEST GOVERNORS' HOSPITALITIES HYPOCRITICAL – MURIC <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6_Z979CyPJmHlpwxoH-yWKhS1ll9Pc1Db4BgAPN7BG6C8vnOPZqyU-SAR9gRFo5yMdVv_nG21tQLtD7FSqsakoQsVneA8_49cxy06xFPUsy9BibA6DZKaLwlfE41-Wyaa5RQXzTOCgCoNjmWkolJYPro9LxJKhGJYx5rSs-qYHrrjmwTsCHsma7V_/s92/SOUTH%20WEST.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="92" data-original-width="92" height="92" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6_Z979CyPJmHlpwxoH-yWKhS1ll9Pc1Db4BgAPN7BG6C8vnOPZqyU-SAR9gRFo5yMdVv_nG21tQLtD7FSqsakoQsVneA8_49cxy06xFPUsy9BibA6DZKaLwlfE41-Wyaa5RQXzTOCgCoNjmWkolJYPro9LxJKhGJYx5rSs-qYHrrjmwTsCHsma7V_/s1600/SOUTH%20WEST.jpg" width="92" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">13<sup>th</sup> March, 2024<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: center;"><b><u><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">PRESS RELEASE:<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: center;"><b><u><span style="color: #002060; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">RAMADAN:
SOUTH WEST GOVERNORS' HOSPITALITIES HYPOCRITICAL – MURIC <o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">An Islamic human rights
organization, the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has berated governors of South
West Nigeria for extending brief hospitalities to Muslims during Ramadan and
Salah while denying them basic rights, employment and political inclusion. The
group described the governors' attitude as hypocritical, deceptive and
camelionic.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">This was disclosed in a
statement issued on Wednesday, 13th March, 2024 by the Executive Director of
the group, Professor Ishaq Akintola. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">He said:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">"As usual, Governors
of the South West recently invited Muslim leaders to Ramadan programmes in
their respective government quarters to mark the commencement of the Muslim
fasting in the sacred month of Ramadan. This is a common practice as some state
governors extend such invitation both at the beginning of Ramadan and at its
end. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="color: #002060; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">"We
of the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) resent this hospitality because of the
refusal of the South West governors to respect the wish of Muslims in the
region, to wit, respect for Allah-given fundamental human rights of Muslims and
deliberate marginalization of the latter in political appointments. It is on
record that the governors have refused to change despite agitations by Muslim
leaders. It is therefore hypocritical, deceptive and camelionic for the
same governors to invite Muslim leaders for Ramadan or Salah parties. What are
we rejoicing about?<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">"For instance, it is
on record that all the six Christian governors of the region shortchanged their
Muslim citizens during the formation of their cabinets after the 2023 general
elections. The figures reeled out in the cabinets of all six states in the
region expose the alarming level of lopsided political appointments.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="color: #002060; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">"The
governor of Lagos State appointed 49 Christian commissioners but gave the
Muslims 14 only. Ogun State has 16 Christian commissioners against only 4
Muslims. Oyo has 10 Christian commissioners compared to only 6 Muslims in the
cabinet. In Osun State, 17 Christian commissioners are rubbing shoulders with
just 7 Muslims. It is the same in Ekiti where the ratio is 24:1 and Ondo where
it was 15:2 under the late Governor Akeredolu.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">"Even the new governor
of Ondo State, Lucky Ayedatiwa, has shut out Muslims from his administration as
there is no single Muslim among the six commissioners and twelve permanent
secretaries appointed so far. The only Muslim in his administration is a
special adviser. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">"Senior Muslim civil
servants who qualify to be permanent secretaries and directors in the
ministries are usually ignored while Christians who are less qualified are
elevated to those positions. Muslim graduates are also denied employment.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">"Against this clumsy
backdrop created by the biased governors, Muslim leaders are assembled during
Ramadan and Id al-Kabir to wine and dine with the same governors who robbed
their followers blind. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">"They are invited to
come for just one breakfast or dinner consisting of crumbs from the table after
being deliberately impoverished through political and economic marginalisation.
It is our submission that South West Muslims deserve better treatment. They
deserve to be treated like full <i>homo sapiens compos mentis</i>, not like
monkeys with chains around their waists to be teased with bananas.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="color: #002060; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">"We
call on Muslim leaders in the South West to call the bluff of the state
governors. They should boycott all future invitations to government events and
occasions until the governors respect the view of Muslims. These single plates
of food are window-dressings. They constitute a mockery and a monumental
embarrassment to the dignity of the Muslim person. <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">"This master-slave
relationship must stop. We are not blind. We see the red-carpet reception and
the great reverence, pomp and pageantry in the treatment of bishops and general
overseers of churches when they come to government house. This contrasts
sharply with the beggarly treatment meted out to Muslim leaders when they come
visiting. We affirm clearly, categorically and unequivocally that Muslims are
not second class citizens. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">"To the six governors
of the South West we have this to say, 'We will interact with you on the basis
of stakeholders with equal rights or there will be no interaction at all. It is
when you treat us as you treat others and give us equal political and economic
opportunities that we will know you are ready for full integration. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="color: #002060; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Therefore,
stop inviting us to government dinners and breakfasts unless it is to discuss
the grievances which we have complained about or it is for the purpose of
getting our share of our collective patrimony. Even then you are not doing us a
favour. It is our right as tax payers and bona fide citizens of the states. It
is enough to give the press your Ramadan and Salah messages. Don't give us
fish. Give us hooks, lines and sinkers and we will definitely catch the
fish. We are not Dundee United.'<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">"MURIC charges Muslim
leaders in the South West to protect the honour and dignity of Muslims by
boycotting all future dinners and breakfasts organized by the governors of the
South West. They are mocking us. We must boycott their Ramadan and Salah events
to call their attention to our resentment of their attitude towards us. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">“A popular axiom says, ‘Fool
me once, shame on you. But fool me twice, shame on me.’ Muslim leaders must
prove that they are prepared to emancipate their followers by rejecting
sycophancy and by displaying high level principled behaviour. We must manifest
responsible leadership. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">“Stop selling the future
and rights of Muslim youths for Salah ram and crumbs from governors’ breakfast
tables. Posterity will not be kind to Muslim leaders who sell themselves for a
pot of porridge. It is better to be free and honoured Muslims in our poor mosques
and homes than live like puppets, palace clowns and slaves licking governors’
plates and picking up crumbs from their tables.”<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">#SouthWestGovernors<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">#HoldTheCrumbs<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">Professor Ishaq Akintola, <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">Executive Director,<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC).<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>MURIChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06331068023399230259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8551226957559491393.post-19128929118574018192024-03-11T03:44:00.000-07:002024-03-11T03:44:44.690-07:00RAMADAN MESSAGE: FEED HUNGRY NIGERIANS, PRAY FOR THE DEFEAT OF BOKO HARAM – MURIC <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT4gXskiNs6VS1Jw-Un0r_58eKIoliMl00SWyKomi7PueKxZi_1_HIula5nshleGQXQxodGkIe67hyphenhyphenerfz2USx12Po8HyNYUdcriTlhQ3l47K6BWGPHzI33iJAPn8dqh8fNNB0ZHZqvRD8iNI6m-pCmyPlAOlrOvOZzeP9uD_gSrP18SQ5bRT_IwwM/s179/TINUBU%20AND%20SHETTIMA.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="168" data-original-width="179" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT4gXskiNs6VS1Jw-Un0r_58eKIoliMl00SWyKomi7PueKxZi_1_HIula5nshleGQXQxodGkIe67hyphenhyphenerfz2USx12Po8HyNYUdcriTlhQ3l47K6BWGPHzI33iJAPn8dqh8fNNB0ZHZqvRD8iNI6m-pCmyPlAOlrOvOZzeP9uD_gSrP18SQ5bRT_IwwM/s1600/TINUBU%20AND%20SHETTIMA.jpg" width="179" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #80350e; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #80350E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;">11<sup>th</sup> March, 2024<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: center;"><b><u><span style="color: #80350e; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #80350E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;">RAMADAN MESSAGE:<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><u><span style="background: yellow; color: #80350e; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: yellow; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #80350E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;">FEED HUNGRY NIGERIANS, PRAY FOR THE DEFEAT OF BOKO HARAM
– MURIC</span></u></b><b><u><span style="color: #80350e; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #80350E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #80350e; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #80350E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #80350e; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #80350E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;">A faith-based non-governmental organization, the Muslim Rights
Concern (MURIC), has appealed to wealthy Muslims to feed poor citizens
regardless of their religious backgrounds. In a special Ramadan message to
Nigerians, the group called on Muslims to use the special spiritual power which
is divinely embedded in the month of Ramadan to pray for the defeat of Boko
Haram and all terrorist groups. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #80350e; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #80350E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="background: yellow; color: #80350e; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: yellow; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #80350E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;">MURIC also asked Muslims to
pray for Allah’s guidance and protection for the duo of President Bola Ahmed
Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima.</span></i></b><b><i><span style="color: #80350e; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #80350E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #80350e; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #80350E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #80350e; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #80350E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;">The group’s special Ramadan message which was released on Monday, 11<sup>th</sup>
March, 2024 was signed by its Executive Director, Professor Ishaq Akintola.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #80350e; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #80350E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #80350e; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #80350E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;">Below is the full text of the Ramadan message:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #80350e; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #80350E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #80350e; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #80350E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;">“Nigerian Muslims joined more than one and a half billion Muslims
around the world to kick-start the 2024 Ramadan season today, 11<sup>th</sup> March,
2024. Ramadan fasting which was prescribed in the Glorious Qur’an (2:183) usually
lasts 30 or 29 days. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #80350e; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #80350E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #80350e; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #80350E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;">“We seize the opportunity of this divinely ordained season to pay
tributes to those whom Allah has given the mandate to rule Nigeria, President
Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima. In the same vein, we pay
homage to the leader of all Nigerian Muslims, the Sultan of Sokoto and
President General of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA),
Alhaji Muhammad Sa’d Abubakar. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #80350e; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #80350E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="background: yellow; color: #80350e; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: yellow; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #80350E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;">“Though economic hardship is
a global phenomenon and not a result of any negligence, bad policy or wicked
act of current Nigerian leaders, we urge our leaders to think outside the box
in the search of a durable solution to the problem of hunger and general economic
hardship.</span></i></b><b><i><span style="color: #80350e; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #80350E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;"> <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #80350e; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #80350E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #80350e; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #80350E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;">“We call on wealthy Muslims to see the Ramadan season as an
opportunity to give, to share and to feed poor Nigerians. They can arrange
daily <i>iftar</i> (breaking of fast) for hundreds of Muslims through existing
Islamic organisations. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #80350e; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #80350E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #80350e; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #80350E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;">“Nonetheless, we remind all Muslims that such iftar platforms
should not be restricted to Muslims alone. It must be open to people of all
faiths because hunger knows no religion. The current hardship has affected men
and women of all faiths and ethnicities. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #80350e; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #80350E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="background: yellow; color: #80350e; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: yellow; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #80350E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;">“Our appeal for sharing food
and drinks is not addressed to the wealthy alone. We call on average Muslims as
well to share the little they have, including fruits, vegetables and beverages
with their neighbours. Generosity and hospitality are not measured by the size
of possessions. In fact it is those who give others from the little they have
who are most generous. That is why Allah describes those who spend both in
prosperity and hardship as righteous (Glorious Qur’an 3:134).</span></i></b><b><i><span style="color: #80350e; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #80350E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #80350e; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #80350E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #80350e; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #80350E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;">“We charge Islamic scholars to take full responsibility for divine
intervention in the affairs of Nigeria. Islamic clerics must see this
Muslim-Muslim ticket as their special political project which must not fail. Therefore,
they must engage in ceaseless prayers for its success. Only thus can they
consolidate the monumental victory of February 25, 2023. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #80350e; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #80350E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="background: yellow; color: #80350e; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: yellow; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #80350E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;">“Our prayer points must
include the following: <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="background: yellow; color: #80350e; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: yellow; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #80350E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><i><span style="background: yellow; color: #80350e; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: yellow; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #80350E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span></i></b><!--[endif]--><b><i><span style="background: yellow; color: #80350e; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: yellow; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #80350E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;">Pray for Nigeria to overcome ongoing economic hardship;<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><i><span style="background: yellow; color: #80350e; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: yellow; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #80350E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span></i></b><!--[endif]--><b><i><span style="background: yellow; color: #80350e; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: yellow; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #80350E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;">Pray for the success of the current administration;<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><i><span style="background: yellow; color: #80350e; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: yellow; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #80350E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span></i></b><!--[endif]--><b><i><span style="background: yellow; color: #80350e; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: yellow; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #80350E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;">Ask Allah to guide our leaders with His divine wisdom;<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><i><span style="background: yellow; color: #80350e; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: yellow; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #80350E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span></i></b><!--[endif]--><b><i><span style="background: yellow; color: #80350e; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: yellow; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #80350E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;">Pray for Allah’s protection for President Tinubu and Vice
President Shettima;<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><i><span style="background: yellow; color: #80350e; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: yellow; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #80350E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span></i></b><!--[endif]--><b><i><span style="background: yellow; color: #80350e; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: yellow; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #80350E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;">Pray for the defeat of Boko Haram and all terrorist
groups and<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><i><span style="color: #80350e; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #80350E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span></i></b><!--[endif]--><b><i><span style="background: yellow; color: #80350e; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: yellow; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #80350E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;">Pray that Allah steers the
minds of Nigerians, particularly the youth, away from immoralities and self-destruction
towards hardwork and progress</span></i></b><b><i><span style="color: #80350e; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #80350E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;">.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #80350e; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #80350E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #80350e; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #80350E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;">“We remind Islamic scholars in particular and the Nigerian people
in general, of the importance of praying for our leaders and wishing them well.
It is the hoi polloi that stand to benefit most when we pray for our leaders
because when the hen perches on a rope, neither the rope nor the hen will
remain stable in their positions. It is only when our leaders enjoy peace of
mind that they can plan effectively for the citizens.” <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #80350e; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #80350E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #80350e; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #80350E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;">#Ramadan<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #80350e; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #80350E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;">#PrayForThe Leaders<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #80350e; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #80350E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;">#PrayForNigeria<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #80350e; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #80350E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #80350e; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #80350E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;">Professor Ishaq Akintola, <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #80350e; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #80350E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;">Executive Director,<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #80350e; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #80350E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;">Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC).<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #80350e; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #80350E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>MURIChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06331068023399230259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8551226957559491393.post-82718699099432219132024-03-03T22:35:00.000-08:002024-03-03T22:35:47.046-08:00CRISIS IN OSUN JUDICIARY: WE ARE VINDICATED – MURIC <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbrbWRozjRMH9B1SiUt_8XkA9dknSPF1XfhJRBL8XYx0iPFmBHSI0CteK1oxRdAS5JtCsD60bN3PbJk62V1vDR_gN3ilFpxLVllJaU61b_3UFG81uAHQPOhoaqTyXa4fjiRThfQSYjHNAciEsIVu-QP45h2vIkiUaWoEX9T51u0PVaGUKr4LJ1qspY/s204/OSUN%20STATE.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="192" data-original-width="204" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbrbWRozjRMH9B1SiUt_8XkA9dknSPF1XfhJRBL8XYx0iPFmBHSI0CteK1oxRdAS5JtCsD60bN3PbJk62V1vDR_gN3ilFpxLVllJaU61b_3UFG81uAHQPOhoaqTyXa4fjiRThfQSYjHNAciEsIVu-QP45h2vIkiUaWoEX9T51u0PVaGUKr4LJ1qspY/s1600/OSUN%20STATE.jpg" width="204" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #275317; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #275317; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">4<sup>th</sup> March, 2024<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: center;"><b><u><span style="color: #275317; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #275317; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">PRESS RELEASE:<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><u><span style="background: yellow; color: #275317; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: yellow; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #275317; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">CRISIS IN OSUN JUDICIARY: WE ARE VINDICATED – MURIC</span></u></b><b><u><span style="color: #275317; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #275317; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #275317; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #275317; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #275317; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #275317; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">An Islamic human rights organization, the Muslim Rights Concern
(MURIC), has waded into the crisis in the Osun State judiciary where courts
have been shut and workers gone on strike since November 2023. MURIC said it is
vindicated in its 2022 allegations against the state’s Chief Justice.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #275317; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #275317; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #275317; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #275317; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">The assertion was made in a press statement issued on Monday, 4<sup>th</sup>
March, 2024 by the Executive Director of the organization, Professor Ishaq
Akintola. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #275317; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #275317; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #275317; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #275317; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">The statement reads :<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #275317; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #275317; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #275317; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #275317; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">“The Osun state judiciary has remained shut for more than three
months following an industrial dispute declared by the state’s branch of the
Judiciary Workers Union of Nigeria (JUSUN). The courts have been under lock and
key since 22<sup>nd</sup> November, 2023.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #275317; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #275317; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="background: yellow; color: #275317; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: yellow; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #275317; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">“Among the issues in
contention are the high handedness of Hon Justice Oyebola Adepele Ojo who was sworn
in on 17<sup>th</sup> June, 2013 as the 6<sup>th</sup> Chief Judge of the state.
She was accused of unilaterally, arbitrarily and whimsically suspending five
workers of the judiciary without reference to the Judicial Service Commission
of Osun.</span></i></b><b><i><span style="color: #275317; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #275317; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"> <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #275317; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #275317; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #275317; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #275317; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">“All five workers reportedly appeared in court and were discharged
and acquitted. Three others who faced a panel set up by the Chief Justice
herself were allegedly exonerated by the panel. Yet they could not spend one
kobo from their salaries as they had to return same to the finance department. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #275317; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #275317; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #275317; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #275317; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">“Asides these, wardrobe allowances are denied judges in the state.
The judiciary library has not been functioning despite the humongous sum of N12
million remitted every month for the operation. There is no promotion, everyone
is stagnated. The e-affidavit which costs N1,000 each was given out to a
private consultant who remits only N250.00 to the state coffers while nobody
knows where the remaining N750.00 goes. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #275317; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #275317; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="background: yellow; color: #275317; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: yellow; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #275317; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">“We are accustomed to seeing
the judiciary being neglected by other arms of government. But this is a horse
of another colour. The attack on Osun judiciary is from the inside, nay, from
the very top. It is undeniable self-immolation. It is the height of high
handedness and the apex of disrespect for the rule of law.</span></i></b><b><i><span style="color: #275317; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #275317; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #275317; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #275317; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #275317; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #275317; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">“But it was the chief Justice’s anti-Islamic sentiment that first
caught our attention two years ago. It will be recalled that MURIC berated her as
a religiously biased judicial leader about two years ago (<a href="https://guardian.ng/news/stop-victimising-muslim-judges-muric-tells-osun-chief-judge/"><span style="color: #275317; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #275317; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">https://guardian.ng/news/stop-victimising-muslim-judges-muric-tells-osun-chief-judge/</span></a>;
https://iwitness.com.ng/stop-victimising-muslim-judges-muric-tells-osun-cj/). <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #275317; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #275317; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #275317; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #275317; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #275317; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #275317; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="background: yellow; color: #275317; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: yellow; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #275317; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">“In a statement dated 16<sup>th</sup>
October, 2022, MURIC accused the CJ of victimizing Muslim members of the
judiciary in the state. She was reported to have personally and physically stopped
a mosque development project. She arranges trips and events for honourable
judges without regard for Islamic festivals and rituals.</span></i></b><b><i><span style="color: #275317; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #275317; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"> <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #275317; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #275317; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #275317; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #275317; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">“Qualified Muslim lawyers are allegedly denied appointment to bench
vacancies. This religious angle led judiciary workers to accuse her of
religious divisiveness among judges and staff.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #275317; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #275317; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #275317; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #275317; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">“MURIC has now been vindicated. The ongoing crisis in the state
which is orchestrated by the attitude of the Chief Justice has proved us right.
The <i>hoi polloi</i> have no hope if the judiciary is not fair to themselves.
How then can we expect them to be fair to the ordinary man in the street.
Confidence in Osun judiciary can only be restored when Chief Justice Oyebola Adepele
Ojo climbs down from her high horse.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #275317; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #275317; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #275317; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #275317; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">#OsunJudiciary<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #275317; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #275317; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">#OsunCJRespectRuleofLaw<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #275317; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #275317; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #275317; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #275317; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">Professor Ishaq Akintola, <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #275317; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #275317; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">Executive Director,<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #275317; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #275317; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC).<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #275317; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #275317; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>MURIChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06331068023399230259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8551226957559491393.post-25461400073835424292024-03-01T04:07:00.000-08:002024-03-01T04:07:12.141-08:00ALLEGED PROBE OF EX-NAHCON BOSS: MURIC BLASTS AUTHORS OF FAKE STORY<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgix6uOx_1SXVvHx6OXzw18R7j3QbQ0IB2nU5S2kq_pDmmzRxGVvDWHE4F_vQ9bqSrpq10jmb-rxNXN0N4_rfTZwrKc_rc6vLKDCxefgmHy8ZMailgKuMSnKYkCRnym1BzNFVH8-GK_bKUFPW3FDKBCcPkoqpLbsLt3LlBsU0PZooMr0tODZkueNmbl/s148/DHIKRULLAH%20HASSAN.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="148" data-original-width="148" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgix6uOx_1SXVvHx6OXzw18R7j3QbQ0IB2nU5S2kq_pDmmzRxGVvDWHE4F_vQ9bqSrpq10jmb-rxNXN0N4_rfTZwrKc_rc6vLKDCxefgmHy8ZMailgKuMSnKYkCRnym1BzNFVH8-GK_bKUFPW3FDKBCcPkoqpLbsLt3LlBsU0PZooMr0tODZkueNmbl/s1600/DHIKRULLAH%20HASSAN.jpg" width="148" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: yellow; color: black; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: yellow; mso-shading: white;">1<sup>st</sup> March,
2024</span></b><b><span style="background: yellow; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: yellow; mso-shading: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: center;"><b><u><span style="background: yellow; color: #222222; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: yellow;">PRESS RELEASE:<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><u><span style="background: yellow; color: red; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: yellow;">ALLEGED PROBE OF EX-NAHCON BOSS: MURIC
BLASTS AUTHORS OF FAKE STORY<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: yellow; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: yellow;">An
online media house on Monday, 26<sup>th</sup> February, 2024 published a story
where it claimed that the former chairman of the National Hajj Commission
(NAHCON), Barrister Dhikrullah Hassan, was invited and grilled for hours by the
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: yellow; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: yellow;">Meanwhile
the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has described the story as fake, odious,
odoriferous and a lie from the pit of Jahannam. The group also described those
behind it as petty, mean and cowards.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: yellow; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: yellow;">This
was disclosed in a press statement issued on Friday 1st March, 2024 by the
Executive Director of the human rights organization, Professor Ishaq Akintola.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: yellow; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: yellow;">The
full statement reads:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: yellow; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: yellow;">"An
online media house on Monday, 26<sup>th</sup> February, 2024 published a story
where it claimed that the former chairman of the National Hajj Commission
(NAHCON), Barrister Dhikrullah Hassan, was invited and grilled for hours by the
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="background: yellow; color: red; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: yellow;">"As a human rights outfit dedicated to the pursuit
of truth, we did our homework before reacting. Our findings reveal that the
story was a hatchet job. Somebody somewhere wanted to puncture the good works
of Barrister Dhikrullah Hassan.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: yellow; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: yellow;">"But
they failed woefully. This online media house has succeeded in exposing itself
as pedestrian, jejune and subatomic. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: yellow; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: yellow;">"The
interviews conducted by MURIC exposed the authors as pathological liars because
whereas they claimed that the six executive secretaries of the pilgrims board
in the South-West wrote a petition against Barrister Dhikrullah Hassan, such a
thing never happened and those interviewed denied writing such a petition. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="background: yellow; color: red; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: yellow;">"They said there was no reference at all to the
former chairman of NAHCON because what they wrote was not even a petition but
an appeal to the authorities to pay their emoluments for the 2022 hajj which
was disrupted by COVID-19. They were also aware that the delay in the payment
was due to the usual bureaucracy for which ministries and agencies are well
known and over which the ex-NAHCON chief executive had no power. <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: yellow; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: yellow;">"One
of those we spoke with described the former chairman, Dhikrullah Hassan, as
'...A very nice man. He is our father … We wrote no petition against him.'<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: yellow; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: yellow;">"We
therefore wonder where the media house got its cock and bull story from. It is
clearly a hatchet job concocted from their figment of imagination. It is
nothing but a product of yellow journalism designed to tarnish the good name of
a man of integrity. We cannot rule out a developing campaign of calumny still
in its embryo stage. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: yellow; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: yellow;">"It
is as clear as daylight that the story is fake, odious, odoriferous and a lie
from the pit of Jahannam. Those behind it are petty, mean, mischievous and
cowards.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="background: yellow; color: red; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: yellow;">"Barrister Dhikrullah Hassan is a worthy ambassador
of Nigerian Muslims. He stands on the same pedestal with Professor Ishaq
Oloyede, Professor Ali Isa Pantami, Mallam Adamu Adamu, etc. It is our duty as
an Islamic human rights organization to challenge and expose mischief makers
who attempt to tarnish the reputation of heroes of the Nigerian Muslim Ummah. <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: yellow; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: yellow;">"MURIC
therefore warns those behind such diabolical plot to desist and rethink because
we will not hesitate to go all out after them if they persist in their
luciferous ways."<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="background: yellow; color: #222222; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: yellow;">#NAHCON<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="background: yellow; color: #222222; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: yellow;">#DhikrullahHassan<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="background: yellow; color: #222222; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: yellow;">#StopCampainOfCalumny<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: yellow; color: black; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: yellow; mso-shading: white;">Professor Ishaq
Akintola, </span></b><b><span style="background: yellow; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: yellow; mso-shading: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: yellow; color: black; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: yellow; mso-shading: white;">Executive Director,</span></b><b><span style="background: yellow; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: yellow; mso-shading: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: yellow; color: black; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: yellow; mso-shading: white;">Muslim Rights Concern
(MURIC).</span></b><b><span style="background: white; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 20.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>MURIChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06331068023399230259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8551226957559491393.post-24332108672392409342024-02-26T21:48:00.000-08:002024-02-26T21:48:44.495-08:00MAN WHO CALLED FOR KILLING OF REMI TINUBU RETRACTS<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; vertical-align: bottom;"><b><span style="color: #80350e; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #80350E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;">27th February, 2024<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;"><b><u><span style="background: yellow; color: #80350e; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: yellow; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #80350E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;">PRESS RELEASE<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;"><b><u><span style="background: yellow; color: #80350e; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: yellow; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #80350E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;">MAN WHO CALLED FOR KILLING
OF REMI TINUBU RETRACTS</span></u></b><b><u><span style="color: #80350e; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #80350E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; vertical-align: bottom;"><b><span style="color: #80350e; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #80350E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; vertical-align: bottom;"><b><span style="color: #80350e; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #80350E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;">A man who said President Tinubu's wife, Remi Tinubu, should be
killed, has reached out to the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) and retracted his
words. The man, identified as Sanusi Abubakar, who was pretending to be an
Islamic scholar, has reached out to MURIC, withdrawing his wild, thoughtless,
provocative, reckless and misguided call for the killing of Senator Remi
Tinubu, wife of the Nigerian president.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; vertical-align: bottom;"><b><span style="color: #80350e; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #80350E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; vertical-align: bottom;"><b><span style="color: #80350e; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #80350E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;">Reacting to the press statement released by MURIC on Friday 23rd
February, 2024, a man, identified as Sanusi Abubakar who was pretending to be
an Islamic scholar, has reached out to MURIC, withdrawing all his wild,
thoughtless, provocative, reckless and misguided calls for the killing of
Senator Remi Tinubu, the wife of Mr President. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; vertical-align: bottom;"><b><span style="color: #80350e; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #80350E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; vertical-align: bottom;"><b><span style="color: #80350e; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #80350E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;">MURIC headquarters had condemned and disowned the man in its
statement on Friday, the same day that he made his senseless call. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; vertical-align: bottom;"><b><span style="color: #80350e; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #80350E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; vertical-align: bottom;"><b><span style="color: #80350e; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #80350E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;">In a 2 minutes, 24 seconds video clip sent to the Sokoto Chapter of
MURIC on Monday, 26th February, 2024, Sanusi Abubakar completely and entirely
retracted his offensive statements which were capable of breeding mayhem,
social combustion and religious unrest of unknown proportions.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; vertical-align: bottom;"><b><span style="color: #80350e; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #80350E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; vertical-align: bottom;"><b><span style="color: #80350e; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #80350E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;">Commenting on the video clip, on Monday 26th February, 2024, the
Kano State Chairman of the rights group, Malam Hassan Sani Indabawa said,
"The man apparently realised his egregious gaffe by reaching out to MURIC
to register the withdrawal of his wild call by agreeing with MURIC that, his
teachings are misleading, his claims are false and his extremist views are
capable of pushing some ignorant youths into unnecessary violence.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; vertical-align: bottom;"><b><span style="color: #80350e; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #80350E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; vertical-align: bottom;"><b><span style="color: #80350e; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #80350E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;">"The man further admitted that his claims were unislamic and
without any basis in Islam. He claimed to have been driven by political
considerations, and had made the wild statement during the 2023 presidential
campaign, thus exposing how some Nigerians are being influenced by desperate
and unscrupulous politicians who sponsor misguided elements to propagate hate
and divisive politics on the pulpit.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; vertical-align: bottom;"><b><span style="color: #80350e; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #80350E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; vertical-align: bottom;"><b><span style="color: #80350e; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #80350E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;">"MURIC calls on Muslim and Christian leadership in Nigeria to
critically look into the involvement of some clerics in partisan politics by
devising ways and means of regulating their sermons and preachings in order to
avoid hate campaigns and instead, encourage them to promote understanding and
peaceful coexistence.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; vertical-align: bottom;"><b><span style="color: #80350e; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #80350E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; vertical-align: bottom;"><b><span style="color: #80350e; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #80350E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;">"MURIC further observed how some clerics, out of desperation
for fame and material gratification, succumb to involvement in partisan
politics, thereby attracting disgrace and humiliation to themselves in an
attempt to serve the interest of some corrupt politicians. Those are the types
of clerics who Shaykh Uthman bin Fodio (1754- 1817) identified as Ulamaul- Suu
(the scholars of evil). <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; vertical-align: bottom;"><b><span style="color: #80350e; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #80350E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; vertical-align: bottom;"><b><span style="color: #80350e; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #80350E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;">"However, MURIC notes with delight how the Sokoto man admitted
his wrongdoing in remorse and regret. It takes a considerable courage and
sincere intention for a man to admit his mistakes and pronounce his remorse and
regrets. We hope Nigerians and the First Family will accept his apology.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; vertical-align: bottom;"><b><span style="color: #80350e; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #80350E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; vertical-align: bottom;"><b><span style="color: #80350e; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #80350E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;">"Lastly, MURIC warns other politically inclined clerics to
desist from further heating the polity. We charge the security agencies to
spare no effort in identifying, tracking and neutralizing the threats posed by
such deeply partisan and unpatriotic religious fanatics, sponsored by some self
seeking, desperate, reckless and unpatriotic politicians whose sole objective
is to grab power at all costs. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; vertical-align: bottom;"><b><span style="color: #80350e; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #80350E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; vertical-align: bottom;"><b><span style="color: #80350e; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #80350E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;">Hassan Sani Indabawa, <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; vertical-align: bottom;"><b><span style="color: #80350e; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #80350E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;">Chairman, <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; vertical-align: bottom;"><b><span style="color: #80350e; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #80350E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;">Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; vertical-align: bottom;"><b><span style="color: #80350e; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #80350E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;">Kano State Chapter, <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; vertical-align: bottom;"><b><span style="color: #80350e; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #80350E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;">Tuesday, 27th February, 2024<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #80350e; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #80350E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>MURIChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06331068023399230259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8551226957559491393.post-84677384903839296672024-02-26T05:10:00.000-08:002024-02-26T05:10:31.638-08:00GLOBAL ECONOMY CONTRACTING, PRICES RISING – MURIC <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvAxOy5d0uEc-IpCpFTvH04-Ra7h0UoULlxVqoiAAfbXcJ8rM8hSa7Yto-Y_OwfR6uMVqrY4bEP1kQdPbNtVm0ac_UBzVhWj-blS90A7c3-xDfACNYT21bdEYjWmLoV7KliNvkJjHxLpmBgZ2eIdXblsFl9CqBE4rxwe0BOPp23Nr2nWacyVvAwQvc/s142/WORLD%20MAP.webp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="142" data-original-width="142" height="142" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvAxOy5d0uEc-IpCpFTvH04-Ra7h0UoULlxVqoiAAfbXcJ8rM8hSa7Yto-Y_OwfR6uMVqrY4bEP1kQdPbNtVm0ac_UBzVhWj-blS90A7c3-xDfACNYT21bdEYjWmLoV7KliNvkJjHxLpmBgZ2eIdXblsFl9CqBE4rxwe0BOPp23Nr2nWacyVvAwQvc/s1600/WORLD%20MAP.webp" width="142" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #0f9ed5; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: accent4;">26<sup>th</sup> February, 2024<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: center;"><b><u><span style="color: #0f9ed5; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: accent4;">PRESS RELEASE:<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><u><span style="color: red; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">GLOBAL
ECONOMY CONTRACTING, PRICES RISING – MURIC <o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #0f9ed5; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: accent4;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #0f9ed5; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: accent4;">An
Islamic human rights organization, the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), has alerted
Nigerians that the economy of the world is contracting while prices are rising everywhere.
The group concluded that shrinking economies all over the world should be a
lesson for Nigerians to stop blaming their leaders for the current economic
situation in the world. It also advised the youth to make themselves assets to
the country instead of making themselves liabilities. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #0f9ed5; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: accent4;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #0f9ed5; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: accent4;">The
outcome of MURIC’s review of economies around the world was contained in a
statement issued on Monday, 26<sup>th</sup> February, 2024. The statement was signed
by its Executive Director, Professor Ishaq Akintola.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #0f9ed5; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: accent4;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #0f9ed5; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: accent4;">“As
a result of the hyper-inflation which is currently being experienced in Nigeria
and the attendant hunger, anger among the citizenry and frustration among the
masses of our people, MURIC did a review of the global economy to find out experiences
in other parts of the world. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #0f9ed5; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: accent4;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #0f9ed5; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: accent4;">“The
world has not seen anything near this since the Great Depression of 1929 – 1939.
</span></b><b><span style="background: white; color: #0f9ed5; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-themecolor: accent4;">In the seventy years since 1950, the world economy has
experienced four global economic crises (1975, 1982, 1991, and 2009) but none has
been as terrible as this.</span><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #0f9ed5; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-themecolor: accent4;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="background: white; color: red; font-size: 20.0pt;">“Britain recently revealed a 0.3 percent
contraction in the fourth quarter of 2023 and has officially entered a
recession.</span></i></b><b><i><span style="color: red; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Also, t</span></i></b><b><i><span style="background: white; color: red; font-size: 20.0pt;">wo of the world's leading
economies, Japan and the UK, recently entered recession. Of course this reveals
the financial struggles that most countries have been facing after the Covid-19
global pandemic (</span></i></b><b><i><span style="color: red; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/small-biz/trade/exports/insights/charting-the-global-economy-uk-japan-fell-into-recession-at-the-end-of-2023/articleshow/107789836.cms?from=mdr"><span style="color: red; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/small-biz/trade/exports/insights/charting-the-global-economy-uk-japan-fell-into-recession-at-the-end-of-2023/articleshow/107789836.cms?from=mdr</span></a>)</span></i></b><b><i><span style="background: white; color: red; font-size: 20.0pt;">.</span><o:p></o:p></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #0f9ed5; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: accent4;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #0f9ed5; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: accent4;">“The
war between Russia and Ukraine catapulted the price of wheat beyond the
rational. Bread became gold in average homes around the world. Riots broke out
on the streets of Paris, Frankfurt and other major cities of the world. Britain
changed three prime ministers in twelve months. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #0f9ed5; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: accent4;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #0f9ed5; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: accent4;">“Even
China is facing a banking and real estate crisis. Pope Francis just moved all
of the church’s financial and liquid assets from all other banks to the Vatican
Bank over this same global economic crisis (https://www.catholicworldreport.com/2022/08/23/pope-francis-instructs-vatican-entities-to-move-all-funds-to-vatican-bank-by-sept-30/).
There are food shortages all over the world.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #0f9ed5; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: accent4;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #0f9ed5; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: accent4;">“These
are signs of a global recession. Sometimes we are faced with helpless
situations. That is when we must make the best out of the situation. The tough
gets going when the going gets tougher. It is not an isolated Nigerian
phenomenon. It is not a product of bad leadership. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #0f9ed5; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: accent4;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #0f9ed5; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: accent4;">“We
must confess that social media, as volatile as it is, helped us in this task of
reviewing economies worldwide. It provided us with some video clips in which we
saw real life experiences of people concerning prices of goods in their
countries of residence. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #0f9ed5; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: accent4;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="color: red; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“One of the video
clips reviewed by MURIC showed a middle-aged man who drove into a fuel station
in the United Kingdom (UK). He bought 29 litres of fuel but he was shocked when
he saw the cost was 50 British pounds. He was livid with anger and he
complained bitterly. <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #0f9ed5; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: accent4;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #0f9ed5; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: accent4;">“In
another video clip, a man who is probably a Nigerian living in the United
States (US) went into a mall to do some shopping. He found that the label on a
single plantain was one dollar. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #0f9ed5; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: accent4;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="color: red; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“A simple
conversion exercise will show us that the 29 litres of fuel which cost 50
British pounds in the UK is equivalent to N100,000 (one hundred thousand naira)
while the plantain which was bought at $1 in the US is equal to N1,700 (one
thousand nine hundred Nigerian naira). <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="color: red; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="color: red; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“It proves that fuel
is cheaper in Nigeria than in Britain even after the increment. Plantain, and
other food items by extension, are also cheaper in this country than in the US.
At least one litre of petrol in Nigeria is still around N650 and 29 litres of
that will come down to N18,850 and we are still buying five or six plantains at
N1,000 depending on the size. It means what will buy just one plantain in
Britain will give you five or six in Nigeria. Allah bless Nigeria. <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #0f9ed5; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: accent4;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #0f9ed5; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-themecolor: accent4;">“Another video clip
called attention to certain m</span></b><b><span style="color: #0f9ed5; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: accent4;">ajor
signs in global economy. It showed that in 2023,<i> exempli gratia</i>, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the British pound fell to its lowest level
against the dollar since 1985. Ditto for the euro which is currently at its 20
year low. The US had two lowest Gross Domestic Product (GDP) quarters. By
definition, this is a recession. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #0f9ed5; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: accent4;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: red; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“<i>A member of MURIC who ‘japa-d’
to UK just last year with his wife and three children has been raining a
plethora of complaints down from his place of sojourn. He called us
specifically to advice Nigerians on the true situation of things outside the
country. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i></span></b><b><i><span style="color: #0f9ed5; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: accent4;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="color: #0f9ed5; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: accent4;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #0f9ed5; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: accent4;">“He
regrets bringing his kids to Britain as they now constitute a liability. He
cannot afford their school fees and the children have to stay at home. Consequently,
his wife, who would have been earning additional income to support the family
could not do so because she has to remain at home to take care of the children.
They know that British police will knock on their door the moment any of those
kids starts crying. No one dares abandon children at home in the UK.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #0f9ed5; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: accent4;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #0f9ed5; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: accent4;">“Nigerians
already caught in the web of ‘japa’ syndrome are therefore advised to ‘japada’
(i.ereturn home), particularly if things are worse in the foreign country. Come
back to help in the restoration of the Nigerian economy instead of building
that of another country. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #0f9ed5; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: accent4;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="color: red; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Now, before you join
any anti-inflation demonstration, before you burn a government property, call
your friend, brother or sister in the ‘japa’ entrapment to ask them how much is
a litre of petrol, a bar of bathing soap, one stick of banana, etc, over there.
<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #0f9ed5; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: accent4;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #0f9ed5; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: accent4;">“Ask
them how they are coping with electricity, water, parking and other bills.
Their response will make you realise that we are being spoon-fed in Nigeria but
we do not appreciate it. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #0f9ed5; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: accent4;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #0f9ed5; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: accent4;">“Things
are rough across the world. It is not an isolated Nigerian phenomenon. It is
not a product of bad leadership. Let us therefore not demonise our current leaders
for a circumstantial global economic issue over which they have no influence.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #0f9ed5; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: accent4;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="color: red; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“MURIC has great
respect for all our founding fathers. They are incompatible with our current
leaders and we will not denigrate any of them for any reason. But even if we
bring back all our beloved past heroes and founding fathers, Alhaji Ahmadu
Bello, Alhaji Tafawa Balewa, Chief Obafemi Awolowo, Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe, they will
have a daunting task on their hands because they cannot operate outside the
global economic system which is already toxic. <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #0f9ed5; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: accent4;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #0f9ed5; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: accent4;">“The
world is now a tiny global village and Nigeria is not an island. Stop wheat
from coming out of Ukraine, stop oil from coming out of the Middle East, stop
raw materials from coming out of sub-Saharan Africa and the world will stop
breathing. It is called globalization.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #0f9ed5; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: accent4;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #0f9ed5; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: accent4;">“Nigerians
should therefore learn to stop the blame game and become proactive and productive.
Above all, we all must strive to become assets of sorts to the country, not
liabilities relying on what the government can do for us without any attempt to
do something for our dear country.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #0f9ed5; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: accent4;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #0f9ed5; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: accent4;">“In
the face of the current hardship, MURIC advises Nigerians who have the means
presently to have cash reserves enough for six months living and business
expenses, reduce or completely stop all unnecessary expenses, avoid unnecessary
yet costly trips outside your comfort zone, suspend involvement in all social
gatherings and clubs, cancel subscriptions that you never use, minimise high
interest debts and find something extra to do which will fetch you additional
income. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #0f9ed5; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: accent4;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="color: red; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Whatever you do,
anyway, do not allow bitter politicians and frustrated elements to make you demarket
or destroy your country.”<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #0f9ed5; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: accent4;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #0f9ed5; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: accent4;">#StopBlameGame<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #0f9ed5; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: accent4;">#NoToLiability<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #0f9ed5; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: accent4;">#BeAnAsset<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #0f9ed5; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: accent4;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #0f9ed5; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: accent4;">Professor Ishaq Akintola, <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #0f9ed5; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: accent4;">Executive Director,<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #0f9ed5; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: accent4;">Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC).<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #0f9ed5; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-themecolor: accent4;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>MURIChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06331068023399230259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8551226957559491393.post-11871205470959583222024-02-23T07:51:00.000-08:002024-02-23T07:52:20.043-08:00ARRANT NONSENSE: MURIC REPLIES MAN WHO SAID REMI TINUBU SHOULD BE KILLED<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnc-p8VPfj0OtiT2D7KnolZv5EZcIanrXPnGHvBZbjG5qubjgv353Lx5eLFY9VomC1vl95PU87T-H3dPW7XC4cRG5D5KTb099oDhylQ1wKJo1FMwXP-EzVi6wUO0AJ2vlQoluITuEbn-JG9tn8kQlhRIpRRcvXnGHhu1To30_sEufAFcgGEdDt7S0i/s204/REMI%20TINUBU.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="192" data-original-width="204" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnc-p8VPfj0OtiT2D7KnolZv5EZcIanrXPnGHvBZbjG5qubjgv353Lx5eLFY9VomC1vl95PU87T-H3dPW7XC4cRG5D5KTb099oDhylQ1wKJo1FMwXP-EzVi6wUO0AJ2vlQoluITuEbn-JG9tn8kQlhRIpRRcvXnGHhu1To30_sEufAFcgGEdDt7S0i/s1600/REMI%20TINUBU.jpg" width="204" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #c04f15; font-size: 20pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">23<sup>rd</sup> February, 2024<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: center;"><b><u><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">PRESS RELEASE:<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: center;"><b><u><span style="color: #084f6a; font-size: 20pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #084F6A; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent4; mso-themecolor: accent4; mso-themeshade: 128;">ARRANT NONSENSE: MURIC
REPLIES MAN WHO SAID REMI TINUBU SHOULD BE KILLED<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">A video emerged today
Friday, 23<sup>rd</sup> February, 2024 in which a man dressed like an Islamic
scholar was calling for the killing of Nigeria's First Lady and wife of
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on the basis of her being a Christian and a
pastor. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">However, an Islamic human
rights organization, the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), has disowned the man in
the video. The organization said his teachings are misleading, his claims are
false while his identity is spurious and ambiguous. He is not known as an
Islamic scholar. The group therefore appealed to the First Family and the rest
of Nigerians to ignore him.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">Akintola said :<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">"In a video clip that
went viral today, Friday 23rd February, 2024, a man who dressed like an Islamic
scholar was seen calling for the killing of Nigeria's First Lady and wife of
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on the basis of her being a Christian and a
pastor. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="color: #084f6a; font-size: 20pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #084F6A; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent4; mso-themecolor: accent4; mso-themeshade: 128;">"We hereby declare the
video clip as arrant nonsense, arbitrary, absurd and a product of misguidance,
misinformation and maradonised religiousity. It is saddening, most
unfortunate. It is not impossible that this is a product of political
machination with malicious intent to cause mayhem.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">“He is definitely not an
Islamic scholar. His spoken words indicate that he knows next to nothing about
Islam. We are constrained to write him off as a mere rabble-rouser. He is
either an agent of those whose sole aim is to destabilise the country, an
attention seeker or an eminently qualified tenant for a psychiatric home. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">“This man’s teachings are
misleading, his claims are false while his identity is spurious and ambiguous. He
is not known as an Islamic scholar. We therefore appeal to the First Family and
the rest of Nigerians to ignore him while Muslim leaders in the North try to
identify him with a view to guiding him properly. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="color: #084f6a; font-size: 20pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #084F6A; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent4; mso-themecolor: accent4; mso-themeshade: 128;">“All efforts made by MURIC
to identify the man failed so far because he is neither popular nor is he a
known Islamic scholar. One of the leaders of MURIC in the North said, ‘I have
watched and listened to the man and of all the popular Islamic scholars in the
north, this is the first time I am coming across this man.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">“The MURIC leader added, ‘From
his accent, he is a Sokoto or Kebbi man and our MURIC Sokoto or Kebbi should be
able to identify him. Definitely this man lacks knowledge in Islam, he holds an
extremist view and should therefore be reported to the security agencies for
appropriate sanctions. These are the zealots who pushed the ignorant youths
into extremism and violence. He is not representing Islam and should therefore
be disowned and condemned’.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">"Nothing in the
Glorious Qur'an, the Hadith and the Sunnah justifies the man's clangorous
diatribes against the First Lady. His claims are false, malicious, baseless and
therefore unacceptable by any standard whatsoever. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="color: #084f6a; font-size: 20pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #084F6A; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent4; mso-themecolor: accent4; mso-themeshade: 128;">"The cleric's
pronouncement stands in contra-distinction to the true teachings of Islam which
promotes mutual cooperation between Muslims and their neighbors regardless of
differences in faith or ethnicity. The Qur’an forbids the killing of
innocent people even if they are not Muslims (Glorious Qur’an 5:32).<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">"The man failed to
provide any verse of the Qur'an, Hadith or Sunnah which supports his dubious claim.
He should therefore be ignored and his pronouncement regarded as the rantings
of a misguided person. At best, his pronouncement may be regarded as
politically motivated. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">"Meanwhile we remind religious
leaders of the need to be careful with their pronouncements. Their followers
consider their statements as the gospel truth, even sometimes as commandments.
Reckless utterances from them are capable of causing social combustion the
outcome of which no one can fathom. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">"For instance, the man's
thoughtless declaration in the video clip came at a time when the First Lady
had just paid a visit to Kano. She was there a week ago commissioning some
projects. What would have happened if the his provocative statement had come
two weeks earlier? What are the dimensions if she has to pay another visit to
any other northern state before 2027? Should we begin to have palpitations of
the heart?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="color: #084f6a; font-size: 20pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #084F6A; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent4; mso-themecolor: accent4; mso-themeshade: 128;">"Whoever knows this man
should caution him. We declare, nonetheless, that his pronouncement does not
represent the view of the rest of the Ummah. To us, the First Lady, Mrs.
Oluremi Tinubu, is a pleasant woman, a good wife and a mother of all. She has
always comported herself with decorum, her language has always been parliamentary
while her demeanor has been graceful at all times.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">"We assure the First
Lady and all members of the First Family of the love and solidarity of Nigerian
Muslims. We urge them to put this ugly incident behind them.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">"We advise Islamic
scholars of Northern extraction to identify and call the man behind this
atrocious and horrendous video to order. We demand a retraction from him
because his declaration is capable of causing an implosion within the
Ummah. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">"Finally, while
leaders and members of MURIC in the Northern states are making efforts to
identify the scholar in the video, we implore the security agencies to handle
the matter with utmost tact and professionalism taking full cognisance of the
present situation in the country and the pronouncements of certain dignitaries
from both the North and South."<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #c04f15; font-size: 20pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">#RemiTinubu<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">#VideoThreat<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">#FakeIslamicScholar<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #c04f15; font-size: 20pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">Professor Ishaq Akintola, <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #c04f15; font-size: 20pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">Executive Director,<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #c04f15; font-size: 20pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC).<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>MURIChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06331068023399230259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8551226957559491393.post-53268497388580858352024-02-22T14:38:00.000-08:002024-02-22T14:38:51.123-08:00HARDSHIP: GOVERNORS, SENATORS, REPS MUST WAKE UP – MURIC <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiok-oFfhWm-xJrn3u1KoP2hjMuy32K3unsu5Q2hGaKCbXUhVtpmLwC48t267dTnp4RN9CD17sCLIYhEJtJ9JjX7mKeLAEu0H1Bmn4GpYCN5f5FPgeEe618ZTqGEbres0AWd1AxhE2AYmzYMrLAVoLqPK6_hFyExpOFYYAXTknGNgc03DqigImI1Syg/s204/NIGERIA%20PURPLE.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="192" data-original-width="204" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiok-oFfhWm-xJrn3u1KoP2hjMuy32K3unsu5Q2hGaKCbXUhVtpmLwC48t267dTnp4RN9CD17sCLIYhEJtJ9JjX7mKeLAEu0H1Bmn4GpYCN5f5FPgeEe618ZTqGEbres0AWd1AxhE2AYmzYMrLAVoLqPK6_hFyExpOFYYAXTknGNgc03DqigImI1Syg/s1600/NIGERIA%20PURPLE.jpg" width="204" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;">23<sup>rd</sup> February, 2024<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: center;"><b><u><span style="color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;">PRESS RELEASE:<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><u><span style="background: yellow; color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: yellow; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;">HARDSHIP: GOVERNORS, SENATORS, REPS MUST WAKE UP –
MURIC</span></u></b><b><u><span style="color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;"> <o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;">A faith-based non-governmental organization (NGO) has
called on state governors in the country to make proper use of the extra funds shared
from subsidy withdrawal to alleviate the suffering of people in their states. The
group said state governors should ease the pressure on Abuja. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;">It also reminded citizens to stop concentrating on the
Federal Government when in actual fact the governors collect monthly
allocations on their behalf. However, the group lauded the efforts of Borno and
Lagos state go<span style="background: white;">vernors.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;">The human rights group, which spoke
under the aegis of the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), made its case in a
statement titled, ‘Hardship: Governors must wake up’. The statement which was
distributed to the media on Friday, 23<sup>rd</sup> February, 2024, was signed
by the group’s Executive Director, Professor Ishaq Akintola. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;">The full statement reads:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="background: yellow; color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-highlight: yellow; mso-shading: white; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;">“We note with pleasure
the concern shown by the Federal Government (FG) and the various efforts it is
putting in place to alleviate the sufferings of the jamaahiir (masses). This is
the hallmark of a responsible and sensitive administration. The various steps
taken by FG in the last seven days have proved that this administration has genuine
interest in the welfare of Nigerians.</span></i></b><b><i><span style="background: white; color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;">“Among the steps taken by the FG are aggressive agricultural initiatives
involving thousands of hectares of land, voting of humongous amounts of money
to the agriculture sector, releasing thousands of metric tons in grains and
supplying 2,000 tractors to farmers to promote mechanical agriculture around
the country and ensure food security. No past government has ever come this
far. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;">“It is also an open secret that FG in recent times tripled allocations
given to state governments. This is in order to enable them to take care of
citizens in the state and to cushion the effect of subsidy removal on them (<a href="https://saharareporters.com/2024/02/18/we-increased-funds-states-after-subsidy-removal-do-what-youre-elected-and-stop"><span style="color: #d86ecc; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">https://saharareporters.com/2024/02/18/we-increased-funds-states-after-subsidy-removal-do-what-youre-elected-and-stop</span></a>).
<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="background: yellow; color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-highlight: yellow; mso-shading: white; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;">“Apart from their
monthly allocations which was tripled, all the 36 governors were also given N30
billion each for the same purpose (<a href="https://solacebase.com/hardship-akpabio-exposes-governors-says-each-state-gets-n30bn-to-ameliorate-inflation/#google_vignette"><span style="color: #d86ecc; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">https://solacebase.com/hardship-akpabio-exposes-governors-says-each-state-gets-n30bn-to-ameliorate-inflation/#google_vignette</span></a>).
Just yesterday, FG moved to fix prices of rice, yam, gari and other items (https://opr.news/news/detail/dec8cd6b3a491a3d9de2c4ab634e690b).</span></i></b><b><i><span style="background: white; color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;"> <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;">“It therefore behoves the governors to provide additional
palliatives as well as lasting succour for the current hardship being
experienced by Nigerians. It is imperative that state governors demonstrate
equal concern for the plight of the people the same way that FG is taking the
matter with all seriousness. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;">“We can single out two or three governors who have shown this
concern and who have been dishing out support to their people. Topmost among
them is the governor of Borno, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum. He is closely
followed by the Lagos State governor. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;">“The Borno governor has been thinking outside the box. He
distributes cash, vehicles (including solar-driven cabs to drivers as taxi),
machineries, foodstuff including thousands of bags of rice, etc. Maiduguri is
one place in Nigeria where the cost of transport is cheapest today.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;">“Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos
State has set up special markets where goods are sold at low prices. He has
also reduced the number of workdays for civil servants to three per week (</span></b><b><span style="color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;"><a href="https://www.crimechannels.com/breaking-government-announces-25-per-cent-slash-in-transport-fare/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #d86ecc; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">https://www.crimechannels.com/breaking-government-announces-25-per-cent-slash-in-transport-fare/</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">).</span>
</span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">This will bring great relief to workers.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><b><span style="color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><b><i><span style="background: yellow; color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-highlight: yellow; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><span style="color: windowtext;">“Sanwo-Olu also spiced his relief package with free
delivery for pregnant women in government hospitals and rebate in some drug</span></span></i></b></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><b><i><span style="background: yellow; color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-highlight: yellow; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;"><span style="color: windowtext;">s (</span></span></i></b></span><b><i><span style="background: yellow; color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-highlight: yellow; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;"><a href="https://www.nigerianewspapersonline.net/news/sanwo-olu-announces-free-delivery-in-government-hospitals-rebate-in-some-drugs/"><span style="color: #d86ecc; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">https://www.nigerianewspapersonline.net/news/sanwo-olu-announces-free-delivery-in-government-hospitals-rebate-in-some-drugs/</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">)</span>.</span></span></i></b><span class="MsoHyperlink"><b><i><span style="color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;"><span style="color: windowtext;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><b><span style="color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><b><span style="color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><span style="color: windowtext;">“Sanwo-Olu capped the edifice with the announcement of
25% slash in transport fare</span></span></b></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><b><span style="color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;"><span style="color: windowtext;"> (</span></span></b></span><b><span style="color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;"><a href="https://www.crimechannels.com/breaking-government-announces-25-per-cent-slash-in-transport-fare/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #d86ecc; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">https://www.crimechannels.com/breaking-government-announces-25-per-cent-slash-in-transport-fare/</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink">). </span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Lagos and Ogun have also started joint patrol of the
Lagos-Ibadan Expressway to reduce the fear of insecurity</span> (</span><a href="https://www.crimechannels.com/insecurity-police-in-lagos-ogun-begin-joint-patrol-on-lagos-ibadan-expressway/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #d86ecc; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">https://www.crimechannels.com/insecurity-police-in-lagos-ogun-begin-joint-patrol-on-lagos-ibadan-expressway/</span></a>).<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;">“The governor of Kano has also put smiles on the lips
of Muslims in the state who have been nursing fears concerning how to cope in the
coming Ramadan season with prices sky-rocketing daily. Their fear is real
because these are people who have been on artificial ‘fasting’ months before
Ramadan due to the present economic doldrum. But the state governor has assured
them of government’s support by instituting a Ramadan Feeding Committee (<a href="https://pmnewsnigeria.com/2024/02/22/kano-govt-inaugf%20Nigerians.%20urates-ramadan-feeding-committee/"><span style="color: #d86ecc; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">https://pmnewsnigeria.com/2024/02/22/kano-govt-inaugf
Nigerians. urates-ramadan-feeding-committee/</span></a>).<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;">“These and other measures being put in place across
the country will suppress citizens’ fears and mitigate their sufferings. These
are exactly what all state governors, senators, representatives and local
government chairmen should engage in. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;">“The line of demarcation between the role of the president,
the governor, the senator, reps and local government chairmen on issues of
providing relief for the electorate is thinner than the threads of a cobweb
particularly where there is an enlightened electorate.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="background: yellow; color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-highlight: yellow; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;">“We therefore
call on all the 36 state governors, the senators, reps and local government
chairmen particularly those who are yet to showcase efforts being made in their
states on the issue of relief packages in these trying times to wake up and
perform. People are hungry. The sick cannot afford drugs. Parents are in excruciating
pain as they watch their children gnawing at near-empty plates. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: yellow; color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-highlight: yellow; mso-shading: white; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="background: yellow; color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-highlight: yellow; mso-shading: white; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;">“We urge s</span></i></b><b><i><span style="background: yellow; color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: yellow; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;">tate governors to make proper use of the extra
funds shared from subsidy withdrawal to alleviate the suffering of people in
their states. There is too much pressure on Abuja. State governors should ease
the pressure on the presidency. <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="background: yellow; color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: yellow; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="background: yellow; color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: yellow; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;">“That is how it should be because money realized from
subsidy withdrawal is being shared between Abuja and the states. It is articulated
irresponsibility for any state governor to stand akimbo after collecting monthly
allocation plus an extra N30 billion while Abuja suffocates under tension.</span></i></b><b><span style="background: yellow; color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: yellow; mso-shading: white; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;"> <i>Who does that?</i></span></b><b><span style="background: white; color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;">“Politics apart, </span></b><span class="MsoHyperlink"><b><span style="color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><span style="color: windowtext;">state governments must be on the same page with FG
particularly on this issue of ameliorating the sufferings of Nigerians during
these hard times. Governors must avoid playing politics with the lives of
Nigerians. Hunger will not check party cards in your pocket. It is your
purchasing power that matters. This is why every governor must cooperate with
FG in its efforts to rubber-cushion the present hardship.</span></span></b></span><b><span style="color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;">“S</span></b><b><span style="color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;">tate governors should emulate the good initiatives of
others. It is when states copy the good things in other states that good
governance will spread. Our citizens will notice the change. They will see their
leaders’ goodwill. The restiveness in the land will subside. Even activists
will shun calls for protest and professional troublemakers will become
isolated.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;">“To Nigerians in their respective states we have this
message: You must be conscious of your Allah-given fundamental human rights.
Your governors, senators, representatives and local government chairmen are
your servants. They are there to serve you. They are in office by your mandate.
<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="background: yellow; color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: yellow; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;">“Stop focusing on
Abuja alone. Ask your governor questions about the monthly allocations
collected on your behalf. In particular, ask him what he has done with the N30
billion recently collected by him from Abuja. <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: yellow; color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: yellow; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="background: yellow; color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: yellow; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;">“Just before
Christmas Nigeria’s 109 senators collected N200 million worth of bags of rice
from FG. Their 360 counterparts in the House of Representatives also collected palliatives
worth N100 million (https://leadership.ng/share-tinubu-rice-now-muric-tells-nass-members/).
Did you get anything from them? This is the time to interrogate your senators
and reps. It is your right.</span></i></b><b><i><span style="color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;"> <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;">“Do you know anything about your senators’ and reps’
constituency projects? Do you even know their constituency offices? Ask your
chairman what he is doing with funds received by him. They all owe you
explanations. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;">“As a parting shot, MURIC reminds Nigerians to stop concentrating
on the FG for all their problems. We must ease this tension on Abuja so that it
can have more time to make better plans for good governance.”<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;">#GovernorsTakeResponsibility<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;">#AskYourGovernor<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;">Professor Ishaq Akintola, <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;">Executive Director,<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;">Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC).<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>MURIChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06331068023399230259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8551226957559491393.post-70912629818533546742024-02-21T03:20:00.000-08:002024-02-21T03:46:46.781-08:00MURIC COMMENDS OHANAEZE NDIGBO FOR INCLUDING ISLAMIC SCHOLAR IN PEACE COMMITTEE<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr5I5WoTRkQG-yTx-PA9PgLxAL4o7miboD5LXUBopDc5Eil6cr0vrxUYv2_XGdo6nz7wcB84EHl27NZH03loQ0MSXaYAiMVElgQ95UwlrICYyXhR1vCf8BYmXbz1XrVQ9GXdUiepwvp6TTo0jLW_g51sV2tRm-U6MxG2ucdaM6wFfD-TR3ECbKmoz1/s176/OHANAEZE%20NDIGBO.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="166" data-original-width="176" height="166" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr5I5WoTRkQG-yTx-PA9PgLxAL4o7miboD5LXUBopDc5Eil6cr0vrxUYv2_XGdo6nz7wcB84EHl27NZH03loQ0MSXaYAiMVElgQ95UwlrICYyXhR1vCf8BYmXbz1XrVQ9GXdUiepwvp6TTo0jLW_g51sV2tRm-U6MxG2ucdaM6wFfD-TR3ECbKmoz1/s1600/OHANAEZE%20NDIGBO.jpg" width="176" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><a name="_Hlk159395984"><b><span style="background: lime; color: black; font-size: 20pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: lime; mso-shading: white;">21<sup>st</sup>
February, 2024</span></b></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk159395984;"><b><span style="background: lime; font-size: 20pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: lime; mso-shading: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk159395984;"><a name="_Hlk159395689"><b><u><span style="background: lime; color: #222222; font-size: 20pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: lime;">PRESS RELEASE:<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></a></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk159395984;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk159395689;"><b><u><span style="background: yellow; font-size: 20pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: yellow;">MURIC COMMENDS OHANAEZE NDIGBO FOR INCLUDING ISLAMIC
SCHOLAR IN PEACE COMMITTEE<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk159395984;"><b><span style="background: lime; font-size: 20pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: lime;">The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has appointed an Islamic
scholar of Igbo extraction, Shaykh Chief Haroun Ajah as a member of the
Ohanaeze Committee for Reconciliation and Peace Building in Nigeria. <o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk159395984;"><b><span style="background: lime; font-size: 20pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: lime;">Meanwhile an Islamic human rights organization, the
Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), has commended the Igbo socio-cultural
organization for appointing Chief Haroun Ajah. MURIC said the development is a
positive one capable of engendering cordial relationship between Muslims and
Christians in Igboland.<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk159395984;"><b><span style="background: lime; color: black; font-size: 20pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-highlight: lime;">This was made
known to newsmen in a press statement issued on Wednesday, 21<sup>st</sup>
February, 2024 by Professor Ishaq Akintola, the Executive Director and Founder
of MURIC. </span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk159395984;"><b><span style="background: lime; font-size: 20pt; mso-highlight: lime;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk159395984;"></span><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk159395984;"><b><span style="background: lime; color: black; font-size: 20pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: lime; mso-shading: white;">The
full statement reads:</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk159395984;"><b><span style="background: lime; font-size: 20pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: lime; mso-shading: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk159395984;"></span><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk159395984;"><b><span style="background: lime; color: black; font-size: 20pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: lime; mso-shading: white;">“The
President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Chief Dr. Emmanuel Iwuayanwu,
has appointed Shaykh Dr. Haroun Ajah as a member of </span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk159395984;"><b><span style="background: lime; font-size: 20pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: lime;">the Ohanaeze Committee
for Reconciliation and Peace Building in Nigeria. The committee was set up by
the Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide. <o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk159395984;"><b><i><span style="background: yellow; font-size: 20pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: yellow;">“We welcome this development and we commend
Ohanaeze Ndigbo for taking this decision. We also hail the President General of
Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief Dr. <span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-shading: white;">Emmanuel Iwuayanwu, for taking this bold step. It speaks a
lot of the leader’s dynamic and inclusive leadership style. </span><span style="mso-shading: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk159395984;"></span><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk159395984;"><b><span style="background: lime; color: black; font-size: 20pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: lime; mso-shading: white;">“With
the formation of this committee, Chief Iwuanyanwu has opened a window for
dialogue and the pursuance of peaceful negotiations capable of leading to
lasting peace in the region and Nigeria in general. We assure Ohanaeze Ndigbo
that Muslims in the region will cooperate with the socio-cultural group in its
search for durable peace.</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk159395984;"><b><span style="background: lime; font-size: 20pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: lime; mso-shading: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk159395984;"></span><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk159395984;"><b><span style="background: lime; color: black; font-size: 20pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: lime; mso-shading: white;">“Finally,
MURIC congratulates Shaykh Haroun Ajah for this appointment. It is a mark of
recognition as an intelligent, forthright and responsible Islamic scholar in
his immediate environment. </span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk159395984;"><b><span style="background: lime; font-size: 20pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: lime; mso-shading: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk159395984;"></span><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk159395984;"><b><span style="background: lime; color: #222222; font-size: 20pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: lime;">#KudosOhanaezeNdigbo<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk159395984;"><b><span style="background: lime; color: black; font-size: 20pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: lime; mso-shading: white;">Professor
Ishaq Akintola, </span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk159395984;"><b><span style="background: lime; font-size: 20pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: lime; mso-shading: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk159395984;"><b><span style="background: lime; color: black; font-size: 20pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: lime; mso-shading: white;">Executive
Director,</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk159395984;"><b><span style="background: lime; font-size: 20pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: lime; mso-shading: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk159395984;"><b><span style="background: lime; color: black; font-size: 20pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: lime; mso-shading: white;">Muslim
Rights Concern (MURIC).</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk159395984;"></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk159395984;"><b><span style="background: white; font-size: 20pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 20pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>MURIChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06331068023399230259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8551226957559491393.post-85359105098609585852024-02-19T02:52:00.000-08:002024-02-19T03:05:24.438-08:00STEER CLEAR OF IMAM OFFICE: MURIC TELLS SOUN<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr9XwYlwJrpURKv-yg2DqWUlZZrlPTqumcbIWkqdglEjJE4DMaB52Yp_ikbimP-ShuosGkR3wXr8g4Y5BxiMdSVdtEtFoMS8RSU9UVzbBTcNxxECGqcdK9OUuhQBQW2IIJ9ouGpJwZgbL8nBCijPDb8cqFqFXdhfKjh4DtBjIGrObtOCGtSSueKaHZ/s152/SOUN%20OGBOMOSHO.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="128" data-original-width="152" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr9XwYlwJrpURKv-yg2DqWUlZZrlPTqumcbIWkqdglEjJE4DMaB52Yp_ikbimP-ShuosGkR3wXr8g4Y5BxiMdSVdtEtFoMS8RSU9UVzbBTcNxxECGqcdK9OUuhQBQW2IIJ9ouGpJwZgbL8nBCijPDb8cqFqFXdhfKjh4DtBjIGrObtOCGtSSueKaHZ/s320/SOUN%20OGBOMOSHO.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div>
<b><span style="color: #04ff00; font-size: large;">19th February, 2024 </span></b><div><b><span style="color: #04ff00; font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #04ff00; font-size: large;">PRESS RELEASE: </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">STEER CLEAR OF IMAM OFFICE: MURIC TELLS SOUN</span><span style="color: #04ff00; font-size: large;"> </span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #04ff00; font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #04ff00; font-size: large;"> An Islamic human rights organization, the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), has warned the newly crowned Soun of Ogbomosho, Oba Ghandi Afolabi Olaoye, to steer clear of the office of the Chief Imam of the city in the interest of peace and tranquility. MURIC alleged that Muslims in the city have accused the Soun of making subterranean moves to replace the Chief Imam with his own favourite candidate. </span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #04ff00; font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #04ff00; font-size: large;"> The warning was handed down on Monday, 19th February, 2024 in a press statement issued by the Executive Director of the faith-based non-governmental organization, Professor Ishaq Akintola. </span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #04ff00; font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #04ff00; font-size: large;"> "Muslims of Ogbomosho have reported that the new Soun, Oba Ghandi Afolabi Olaoye, is already making surreptitious moves to remove the Chief Imam of Ogbomosho. He plans to replace him with a palace puppet. Already, there is palpable tension in the city of Ogbomosho due to this ugly development. </span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #04ff00; font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #04ff00; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">"We like to remind the Soun that first and foremost, as a Christian, he cannot pick an Imam for Muslims. Apart from being a Christian, kings have no business in the choice of Imams. It is the prerogative of Islamic scholars in that city. The king's duty is to cooperate with any Imam chosen by the Muslims of any city in maintaining peace and tranquility. Therefore, it is wrong for the Soun to poke his nose into the affairs of Muslims. </span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #04ff00; font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #04ff00; font-size: large;">"Besides, the king will be acting ultra vires if he attempts to replace the Chief Imam. Nothing in the laws of Oyo State, or any state in the South West for that matter, empowers the Oba to remove or replace an Imam. Any such attempt will be illegal, illegitimate, unlawful and unconstitutional. The days of l’etat cest moi a la Louis XIV are over. We are in a democracy, Yoruba Muslims will not pander to royal excesses. </span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #04ff00; font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #04ff00; font-size: large;">"We hereby repeat inter alia our press statement of 8th January, 2024 captioned 'Stop Influence of Kings on Yoruba Imams - MURIC' (https:muslimrightsmuric.blogspot.com/2024/01 stop-influence-of-kings-on-yoruba-imams.html?m=1; https://theeagleonline.com.ng/stop-influence-of-kings-on-yoruba-imams-muric/; https://theglittersonline.com.ng/akintola-13/; https://muslimnews.com.ng/2024/01/09/stop-influence-of-kings-on-yoruba-imams-muric-says-practice-traceable-to-some-imamate-tussle-in-southwest/). </span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #04ff00; font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">"We have seen this in many Yoruba cities particularly whenever an Imam dies and a new one is about to be appointed. The kings often influence the choice of the new Imam particularly where the post is competitive. It is also the king who gives the Imam the staff of office.
"This is an erroneous, archaic and obnoxious practice because the king has no role whatsoever to play in the imamate under the Shari'ah, particularly where Islam is not used as the form of government (a non-Islamic State). This is different from what applies in an Islamic state where Islamic political thought is the state policy and the khalifah is equally the Imam. </span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">"The greatest danger in this is that the Oba (king) may impose a Muslim favourite who has no appropriate prerequisites for the post of Imam on the Muslims. This has dire consequences. Already, some crisis brewing in some towns in Yorubaland can be traced to this ugly phenomenon. </span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">"It is even worse where the king is not a Muslim. A Christian or traditionalist as king dictating to the Imam or influencing decisions and steps to be taken by Muslims is a complete anomaly in Islam. It is absurd, illogical, irrational and therefore unacceptable. Many mosques have been ordered closed by non-Muslim kings using the most trivial and ridiculous pretext. </span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #04ff00; font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #04ff00; font-size: large;">"We will use every legitimate means at our disposal to stop this crude, divisive and selfish attempt to erode the freedom of Yoruba Muslims to choose their own leaders. It is sheer monachical autocracy characteristic of the ancient practice of African traditional rulers who sold their subjects to European slave masters for ordinary mirrors. The question is for how much is the Soun selling the Muslims of Ogbomosho to fishers of men? </span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #04ff00; font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #04ff00; font-size: large;">"We will not stand akimbo while the Soun reenacts this inhuman and sadistic practice of the imperialists. We therefore call on the Soun of Ogbomosho to leave the Chief Imam alone. Any further pursuit of this diabolical mission will be regarded as a declaration of confrontation with the Ogbomosho Muslim community. A word is enough for the wise. </span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #04ff00; font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #04ff00; font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #04ff00; font-size: large;">"Meanwhile we appeal to the Ogbomosho Muslim community, particularly the already agitated Muslim youths to remain calm and law abiding."
</span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #04ff00; font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #04ff00; font-size: large;">#ObaGhandi </span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #04ff00; font-size: large;">#LeaveChiefImamAlone </span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #04ff00; font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #04ff00; font-size: large;">Professor Ishaq Akintola, </span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #04ff00; font-size: large;">Executive Director, </span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #04ff00; font-size: large;">Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC).</span></b></div>MURIChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06331068023399230259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8551226957559491393.post-11040692878574113172024-02-15T20:18:00.000-08:002024-02-15T20:18:33.551-08:00BAD TIMES: NOT NIGERIA ALONE – MURIC <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk0vM-vKMTPJw8JSfzvwZR5bp0rXUAbdm9NXi1ro58e93Q5yScxcv6JVxYCUdLcbKX6Pxqc8UNvOc299Wj27BwFGNQlaL1KkvQ1j07iwkDSR48SpQSrKjilDG0qNejDYzWj55BpT81HBOEpt69ClX6-7ntx7FKKJSNqnVQkouljYDfKSMrVhGQWG_S/s204/NIGERIA%20COLOUR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="192" data-original-width="204" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk0vM-vKMTPJw8JSfzvwZR5bp0rXUAbdm9NXi1ro58e93Q5yScxcv6JVxYCUdLcbKX6Pxqc8UNvOc299Wj27BwFGNQlaL1KkvQ1j07iwkDSR48SpQSrKjilDG0qNejDYzWj55BpT81HBOEpt69ClX6-7ntx7FKKJSNqnVQkouljYDfKSMrVhGQWG_S/s1600/NIGERIA%20COLOUR.jpg" width="204" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;">16<sup>th</sup> February, 2024<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: center;"><b><u><span style="color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;">PRESS RELEASE:<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><u><span style="color: red; font-size: 20.0pt;">BAD TIMES: NOT NIGERIA ALONE – MURIC </span></u></b><b><u><span style="color: red; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;">As the
Nigerian economy continues to nosedive and pressure mounts, a faith-based
non-governmental organization (NGO), the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), has
advised Nigerians not to destroy their own country over the current bad times.
The group said great democracies like Britain, France, Canada and America are
facing worse economic decline. It therefore advised Nigerians to exercise
patience and caution. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;">This
was contained in a press statement issued on Friday, 16th February, 2024 by the
Executive Director of MURIC, Professor Ishaq Akintola. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;">The
full statement reads:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="color: red; font-size: 20.0pt;">"Reports came yesterday that the economy of the United
Kingdom has entered recession (<a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.thecable.ng/just-in-uk-economy-enters-recession-as-gdp-drops-by-0-3&source=gmail&ust=1708139622329000&usg=AOvVaw17o30ZlfWvcsuezzCqDf1I" href="https://www.thecable.ng/just-in-uk-economy-enters-recession-as-gdp-drops-by-0-3" target="_blank"><span style="color: red; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">https://www.thecable.ng/just-<wbr></wbr>in-uk-economy-enters-<wbr></wbr>recession-as-gdp-drops-by-0-3</span></a>)<wbr></wbr>.
The report was quickly followed by another bad news that the economy of Japan
has also slipped into recession (<a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.reuters.com/markets/asia/japans-economy-slips-into-recession-weak-domestic-demand-2024-02-15/&source=gmail&ust=1708139622330000&usg=AOvVaw29YbZPohvQrZxFa_NXjN_D" href="https://www.reuters.com/markets/asia/japans-economy-slips-into-recession-weak-domestic-demand-2024-02-15/" target="_blank"><span style="color: red; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">https://www.reuters.com/<wbr></wbr>markets/asia/japans-economy-<wbr></wbr>slips-into-recession-weak-<wbr></wbr>domestic-demand-2024-02-15/</span></a>).<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;">“Something
must be terribly wrong with the world’s economy if great democracies like
Britain, France, Canada and America are facing worse economic decline. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nigerians in diaspora have been complaining of
tough times and it all began with the COVID-19 lockdown when the world’s
economy was totally shut down. Things have not been the same since then. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="color: red; font-size: 20.0pt;">"Nigerians have two major lessons to learn from this
ugly developments. Firstly, Nigeria is merely suffering from the bandwagon
effect of a distraught global economy. We are not an island. What is happening
to the naira and the skyrocketing prices is not isolated. Neither can we blame
our leaders for it. It is a natural concomitant of events in a global village.
We can only blame globalisation for it.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="color: red; font-size: 20.0pt;">"Secondly, although there are reports of recession in
those countries, their citizens have not resorted to violence. Public
properties are not being attacked. Neither are there threats by their military
to stage coups because they are sensible enough to know that the military are
not trained for politics or management of battered economies. <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;">"The
threat of a military coup allegedly issued by the former head of state, General
Ibrahim Babangida is therefore in bad taste and it is most unfortunate. We
advise Nigerians to ignore him if indeed the report is true. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;">The
military's past incursion into politics brought Nigeria to where it is today.
Characterized by lack of probity, total absence of accountability, disrespect
for the rule of law, dehumanisation of the citizenry, tyranny, totalitarian
dictatorship, etc, military rule is a hydra-headed monster which Nigerians must
avoid at all cost. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;">"The
worst civilian rulers are better than the best military rulers. You can change
a civilian president at the polls but you are permanently at the mercy of a
military ruler. Military rule has no timeline whereas a civilian ruler has
just four years to prove his mettle or be changed at the polls.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="color: red; font-size: 20.0pt;">"We therefore urge Nigerians to shun all undemocratic
attempts at changing the system. We are aware of incitements to demonstrations
and some have actually taken place. We admit that demonstrations are our right
to express grievances but we must be wary of hijackers whose evil plans are
more luciferous than that of the authors of #EndSARS.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;">"Nigerians
must not listen to those who incite them to destroy public property. Only
sadists can look at the hundreds of brand new luxurious buses of the Lagos
State Government which were all burnt down and feel a sense of achievement.
Those buses were about to be launched for use as public transport by the
citizens. We must never allow such madness again. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;">"In
keeping with the avowed motto of MURIC which is 'Dialogue, No Violence', we
urge Nigerians to engage their leaders at the local, state and federal levels
for ways and means of rubber-cushioning the effect of this economic downturn. We
call on workers' unions to jaw-jaw with employees of labour without playing to
the gallery."<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;">#NotNigeriaAlone<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;">#NoToMilitaryIntervention<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;">#AvoidViolentDemonstrations<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;">Professor Ishaq Akintola, <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;">Executive Director,<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;">Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC).<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>MURIChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06331068023399230259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8551226957559491393.post-92018593769622089052024-02-14T04:38:00.000-08:002024-02-14T04:38:36.583-08:00FULANI-BASHING: NIGERIANS MUST FIGHT CRIME, NOT TRIBE – MURIC <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyfbHt2vruSoitvTBeZ8wXJlMr4368xGrVHeTix62sABnoutWglTvO0So4uUqSJs6bfvK0PKYYHH-f1_2g5sori0_pIPXoukW0kizwNYam4DJg0_SvqDNHhge4h432JTbagrywH0fGllqQSWj8n9gtPMdipGpwliw3YYn1mFJRTzThp03qM4foU0-K/s204/NIGERIA%20COLOUR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="192" data-original-width="204" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyfbHt2vruSoitvTBeZ8wXJlMr4368xGrVHeTix62sABnoutWglTvO0So4uUqSJs6bfvK0PKYYHH-f1_2g5sori0_pIPXoukW0kizwNYam4DJg0_SvqDNHhge4h432JTbagrywH0fGllqQSWj8n9gtPMdipGpwliw3YYn1mFJRTzThp03qM4foU0-K/s1600/NIGERIA%20COLOUR.jpg" width="204" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">14<sup>th</sup> February, 2024<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: center;"><b><u><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">PRESS RELEASE:<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><u><span style="color: #002060; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">FULANI-BASHING:
NIGERIANS MUST FIGHT CRIME, NOT TRIBE – MURIC <o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">A faith-based non-governmental organization (NGO), the Muslim
Rights Concern (MURIC), has cautioned Nigerians against profiling any
particular tribe. Against the backdrop of many cases of kidnapping whose perpetrators
turned out to be other tribes after Fulanis had been fingered as suspects, the
group warned against jumping into conclusion that the Fulani tribe is
responsible for all crimes in the country. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">The warning was contained in a press statement issued on Wednesday,
14<sup>th</sup> February, 2024 by the Executive Director of MURIC, Professor
Ishaq Akintola.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">The statement reads: <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="color: #002060; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“One of the
challenges facing the Nigerian government today is criminality. But one of the
reasons for its prolonged continuity is the wrong focus of Nigerians concerning
who is responsible for crime, particularly kidnapping. Every incident of
abduction that happens in the South West, South East or South South is blamed
on the Fulanis.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">“Attention is thereafter shifted from the real culprits. The
security agencies swallow the bait and go on wild goose chases while the real
criminals collect huge ransoms, get richer and become more powerful. This is
one of the reasons kidnapping has remained a hard nut to crack in Nigeria.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">“Take the case of the two Catholic priests of St. Vincent De Paul Fier
parish recently kidnapped in Pankshin Diocese, Jos. The kidnappers demanded N25
million ransom to release </span></b><b><span style="background: white; color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">Frs
Kenneth Kanwa and Jude Nwachukwu</span></b><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">. Social media went gaga in Fulani-bashing but findings later
absolved Fulanis as the priests were allegedly abducted by insiders. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="color: #002060; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“One
Christopher Yaro, a Christian, was arrested in Ijebu Ode on Monday, 11<sup>th</sup>
February, 2024 for masterminding the abduction of the two priests. His partners
in the crime were allegedly four other members of the same church (<a href="https://tribuneonlineng.com/police-confirm-arrest-of-plateau-catholic-priests-kidnapper-in-ogun/"><span style="color: #002060; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">https://tribuneonlineng.com/police-confirm-arrest-of-plateau-catholic-priests-kidnapper-in-ogun/</span></a>).<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">“There was also the case of a pastor in Jos who staged his own
kidnap and collected the ransom which was contributed by church members (https://www.thecable.ng/extra-pastor-kidnapped-self-twice-and-church-members-paid-ransom-say-police).
Meanwhile the Fulani took the blame before the lid was blown. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">“</span></b><b><span style="background: white; color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">Ekiti
State Police Command on Monday, 8</span><sup style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">th</sup><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"> November, 2021 paraded four suspected
kidnappers who had been terrorizing the state in the past two years. As usual,
the noise of ‘Fulani kidnappers’ rented the air but contrary to the old
narrative, there was no Fulani among the suspects who were paraded. </span><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">“The
suspects confessed to the abduction of prominent Ekiti citizens like Alhaji
Sulaiman Akinbami, a popular petroleum dealer, the wife of late
Surveyor-General of the state, Dapo Osalusi and Olowo Bolaji in Ipoti-Ekiti,
Ijero Local Government Area of the state (<a href="https://theeagleonline.com.ng/ekiti-kidnappers-were-not-fulani-muric/"><span style="color: #c04f15; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">https://theeagleonline.com.ng/ekiti-kidnappers-were-not-fulani-muric/</span></a>).</span><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">“The
recent killing of three Yoruba Obas and the kidnap of others were blamed solely
on Fulanis until an octogenarian, Pa Olowofela, a Yoruba, was apprehended by
the police (https://www.nairaland.com/7993596/meet-olowofela-kidnappers-chairman-ekiti).
<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="background: white; color: #002060; font-size: 20.0pt;">“There may be some wayward and criminal
elements among the Fulani just as there are such proclivities among other
ethnicities. But to hang every crime on a particular tribe is not only parochial,
it is naïve, jejune and pedestrian. Nigerians should demonstrate maturity more
than sixty years after independence. <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">“How
can we allow fiction to rule our judgement in the face of glaring facts? Where
is fairness and justice if we base every thinking and action on mere suspicion
and base sentiment? <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="background: white; color: #002060; font-size: 20.0pt;">“This is why the Glorious Qur’an asks us
to investigate every report brought to us before taking any action (Qur’an
49:6). Even the Bible said we should investigate all matters (I Thessalonians
5:21). It also warned us against the temptation to judge others. ‘</span></i></b><b><i><span style="color: #002060; font-size: 20.0pt;">Judge not, that ye be not judged.</span>
For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged, and with what measure ye
mete, it shall be measured to you again.’<span style="background: white;">
(Mathew 7:1-2). </span></i></b><b><i><span style="color: #002060; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">“Unfortunately most Nigerians ignore these divine
teachings and rush to determine the culprits behind every crime. Naturally they
pin it on Fulanis. This is how we set aside the tenets of our faiths and pursue
our whims and caprices.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">“We reiterate our warning issued on 12<sup>th</sup>
November, 2021 in a statement captioned ‘Bursted: Ekiti Kidnappers Were Not
Fulani’ where we said, ‘</span></b><em><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; font-style: normal; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">There
can be no justice in any society which is run on rumours and false information.
Profiling the Fulani is not the way to fight crime because it gives the real
criminals undeserved alibi https://www.muricnigeria.com/bursted-ekiti-kidnappers-were-not-fulani-muric/).<o:p></o:p></span></b></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><em><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; font-style: normal; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><em><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; font-style: normal; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><em><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; font-style: normal; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">“The
perpetrators smile to the bank while we kill and maim innocent Fulanis and
people of the Northern region. The homes of innocent Fulanis are burned down
while the real kidnappers erect palatial mansions right under our noses.</span></b></em><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin-bottom: 9.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 9.0pt; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 9.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 9.0pt;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">“All the lies about Fulani
kidnappers have now been blown apart. No matter how fast lies run and no matter
how early it takes off, truth will overtake it in the end. Like vengeance,
truth is a dish that tastes sweeter when cold. It is constant. It changes not.
Truth is like a coin. It will always come down on its face no matter how many
times it is tossed.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin-bottom: 9.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 9.0pt; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><em><b><span style="background: white; color: #002060; font-size: 20.0pt;">“We invite Nigerians to embrace divine
truth. We must stop spreading lies. Let us eschew deliberate misinformation and
fake news. The criminal exploits of many non-Fulanis have proved beyond
reasonable doubt that there are criminals in all ethnicities and in all
religions. We must stop ethnic profiling. It is time to halt Hausa-Fulani
demonization. Nigerians must fight crime, not tribe, not region, not religion.”</span></b></em><b><span style="background: white; color: #002060; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">#StopFulaniStereotype<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">#FightCrimeNotTribe<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">Professor Ishaq Akintola, <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">Executive Director,<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC).<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>MURIChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06331068023399230259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8551226957559491393.post-2247627587596930142024-02-09T04:58:00.000-08:002024-02-09T04:58:47.309-08:00LEAVE MIYETTI ALLAH SECURITY OUTFIT ALONE – MURIC <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0Qf12ACS4g1TRe6grSE-Rqp3OSgy3hQ4P0vYlWu3aa_JLS9jXuqVruZtecq13NuD-cAmGnU2hZU0ZspYhJRW0I-ZZJSLjrcjuEz4xHE5aV9hOqNXtBXeMSXQIlSa7c9Vrj3zklRHYfmKbY5OCY9HXMP2Vz-iI_EtsHw0aWm7z2XXlGp2W4a-GCxht/s179/MIYETTI%20ALLAH%20LEADER%20BODEJO.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="168" data-original-width="179" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0Qf12ACS4g1TRe6grSE-Rqp3OSgy3hQ4P0vYlWu3aa_JLS9jXuqVruZtecq13NuD-cAmGnU2hZU0ZspYhJRW0I-ZZJSLjrcjuEz4xHE5aV9hOqNXtBXeMSXQIlSa7c9Vrj3zklRHYfmKbY5OCY9HXMP2Vz-iI_EtsHw0aWm7z2XXlGp2W4a-GCxht/s1600/MIYETTI%20ALLAH%20LEADER%20BODEJO.jpg" width="179" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #0070c0; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">9<sup>th</sup>
February, 2024<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: center;"><b><u><span style="color: #0070c0; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">PRESS
RELEASE:<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><u><span style="background: lime; color: #0070c0; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: lime;">LEAVE MIYETTI ALLAH SECURITY OUTFIT ALONE –
MURIC</span></u></b><b><u><span style="color: #0070c0; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #0070c0; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #0070c0; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A faith-based human
rights organization, the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), has called on the
Nigerian Police to recognize the Fulani Nomad Vigilante team which was recently
launched in Nasarawa State on 17<sup>th</sup> January, 2024. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #0070c0; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #0070c0; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The group also demanded
the immediate and unconditional release of <span style="background: white;">Dr.
Abdullahi Bello Bodejo, leader of Miyetti Allah who </span></span></b><span class="hgkelc"><b><span lang="EN" style="background: white; color: #0070c0; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">was arrested on 23<sup>rd</sup> January, 2024 <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>at the Tundun Maliya Cattle Market,
Tundun-Wada, Karu Local Government Area of Nasarawa State.<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><span class="hgkelc"><b><span lang="EN" style="background: white; color: #0070c0; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">These demands were contained in a press release issued on Friday, 9<sup>th</sup>
February, 2024, by the </span></b></span><b><span style="color: #0070c0; font-size: 20.0pt;">Executive Director of MURIC, Professor Ishaq Akintola.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #0070c0; font-size: 20.0pt;">He said:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #0070c0; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“The Miyetti
Allah Cattle Breeders Association (MACBAN) launched a security outfit under the
name Fulani Nomad Vigilante Team on 17<sup>th</sup> January, 2024. But the
Nigeria Police has since declared the vigilante team illegal and refused to recognize
it. (https://dailypost.ng/2024/02/06/police-disown-miyetti-allah-security-outfit-in-nasarawa/;
https://newsnownigeria.ng/police-disavow-miyetti-allah-security-outfit-in-nasarawa/)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #0070c0; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #0070c0; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #0070c0; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“The
leader of Miyetti Allah, Dr. Abdullahi Bello Bodejo, was also arrested </span></b><span class="hgkelc"><b><span lang="EN" style="background: white; color: #0070c0; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">on 23<sup>rd</sup> January, 2024 at the Tundun
Maliya Cattle Market, Tundun-Wada, Karu Local Government Area of Nasarawa State
(https://leadership.ng/dss-arrests-miyetti-allahs-president-for-setting-up-vigilante-group/).<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #0070c0; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #0070c0; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“The
refusal of the Nigeria Police to recognize the new security outfit established
by Miyetti Allah is inexplicable. It stands logic on its head. Coming in the
wake of complaints by police authorities concerning understaffing among other
things. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #0070c0; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="background: lime; color: #0070c0; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: lime; mso-shading: white;">“It is on record that even the new Inspector
General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, lodged the same complaint of understaffing
when he met the House of Representatives in November 2023, just three months
ago. The IG revealed that Nigeria Police currently has a 1:1000 ratio of police
to citizens. It should be noted that the United Nations recommends at least one
to every 448 citizens (ratio 1:448) (https://bnnbreaking.com/world/nigeria/nigeria-police-force-grapples-with-severe-understaffing-and-lack-of-resources/).</span></i></b><b><i><span style="background: white; color: #0070c0; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #0070c0; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="background: yellow; color: #0070c0; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: yellow; mso-shading: white;">“We are therefore at a loss regarding
what informed the police decision to disavow Miyetti Allah’s security outfit. Security
experts maintain that security is everybody’s business and that it should not
be left to the police alone. Why then is the police jittery over Miyetti Allah’s
private security outfit?</span></i></b><b><i><span style="background: white; color: #0070c0; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #0070c0; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #0070c0; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Nigeria’s
security challenges are so humongous that our leaders, from ex-President Jonathan
to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu have been under severe criticism over security
lapses. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #0070c0; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="background: lime; color: #0070c0; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: lime; mso-shading: white;">“The total number of our police force as
at 2019 was about 317,000. The Department of State Security Services hovered
around 33,000 while that of the Nigerian Army was approximately 100,000. With a
population not less than 220,000 and rising astronomically on an annual basis, the
IG’s fears must be seen as very real.</span></i></b><b><i><span style="background: white; color: #0070c0; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #0070c0; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #0070c0; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“This
is where we have doubts about the sincerity of the Nigeria Police and its <i>raison
d’etre</i> for refusing to recognize Miyetti Allah’s security outfit. It should
be noted that the</span></b><b><span style="background: white; color: #0070c0; font-size: 20.0pt;"> 2,140-man-strong vigilante group established by Miyetti
Allah aims to complement the efforts of conventional security agencies in
addressing insecurity and promoting peaceful coexistence in Nasarawa State.</span><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #0070c0; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="background: lime; color: #0070c0; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: lime; mso-shading: white;">“</span></i></b><b><i><span style="background: lime; color: #0070c0; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-highlight: lime; mso-shading: white;">We are all witnesses to the massacres of Fulanis in several
parts of the country, particularly cases of cattle rustling. </span></i></b><b><i><span style="background: lime; color: #0070c0; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: lime; mso-shading: white;">131 Fulanis were
mercilessly massacred at Kajuru local Government of Southern Kaduna on 10<sup>th</sup>
February, 2019. More than 1,000 Fulanis were systematically massacred in a span
of seven months between June 2017 and January 2018.</span></i></b><b><i><span style="background: white; color: #0070c0; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #0070c0; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #0070c0; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“</span></b><b><span style="color: #0070c0; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">732
Fulani Muslims were massacred in the carnage which occurred in June 2017 in
Mambilla, Taraba State. 82 Fulani Muslim women and children were killed by
Batchama militiamen in Numan Local Government of Adamawa State in November
2017.<span style="background: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #0070c0; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #0070c0; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“In
January 2018, 30 Fulanis were again killed in an attack by Batchama militia in
Numan, Adamawa. On July 6, 2018, 14 Fulani Muslims were killed by gunmen
suspected to be Nyandan militia in Lau Local Government, Taraba State. Yet
another 24 Fulanis were mowed down in the same Lau Local Government few weeks
after that. 96 Fulanis were also massacred in Kajuru about the same time. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #0070c0; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="background: lime; color: #0070c0; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-highlight: lime; mso-shading: white;">“The
same fear of insecurity that birthed Amotekun in the South West is enough cassu
belli for Miyetti Allah’s </span></i></b><b><i><span style="background: lime; color: #0070c0; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: lime; mso-shading: white;">Fulani Nomad Vigilante Team. The police
should allow a level playing ground among all regional and local security
outfits. Nature hates vacuum. It is the absence or insufficiency of security
agencies in troubled areas that necessitated the creation of complimentary
security outfits.</span></i></b><b><i><span style="background: white; color: #0070c0; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #0070c0; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="background: yellow; color: #0070c0; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: yellow;">“MURIC urges the Nigeria Police to leave
Miyetti Allah alone. Its security outfit should be allowed to operate so that
Nigeria can move an inch closer to global best practices in security rating.</span></i></b><b><i><span style="color: #0070c0; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="color: #0070c0; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="background: lime; color: #0070c0; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: lime;">“In the same vein, whoever among the
security agencies that is holding <span style="mso-shading: white;">Dr. Abdullahi
Bello Bodejo, leader of Miyetti Allah, should set him free.</span></span></i></b><b><i><span style="background: white; color: #0070c0; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></i></b><b><i><span style="color: #0070c0; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #0070c0; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #0070c0; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“I</span></b><b><span style="color: #0070c0; font-size: 20.0pt;">n compliance with the judicial principle
of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">audi alterem partem</i> (i.e. hear
from both sides to a case before taking a decision), Section 36 of the 1999
constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria stipulates right to fair
hearing. The leader of Miyetti Allah must therefore be set free or produced in
a competent court of law. </span></b><b><span style="background: white; color: #0070c0; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #0070c0; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #0070c0; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Although
</span></b><b><span style="color: #0070c0; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Section 23 of the Police Act stipulates that suspects cannot be
detained beyond 24 hours after which the person should be charged to court in
conformity with the basic constitutional rights of citizens, Miyetti Allah
leader has been in detention since 24<sup>th</sup> January, 2024 in
contravention of his Allah-given fundamental human rights as stated again in
Section 41(1) on freedom of movement. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #0070c0; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="background: lime; color: #0070c0; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: lime; mso-shading: white;">“We remind the security agencies and the
Federal Government that by holding the leader of Miyetti Allah beyond 24 hours,
Nigeria is violating the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (of which the
country is a signatory) on </span></i></b><b><i><span style="background: lime; color: #0070c0; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-highlight: lime;">Right to Fair Trial (Article
10</span></i></b><b><i><span style="background: lime; color: #0070c0; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: lime; mso-shading: white;">),</span></i></b><b><i><span style="background: lime; color: #0070c0; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-highlight: lime;"> Right to freedom from torture or to cruel,
inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment (Article 5), Right to
presumption of innocence until proved guilty according to the law
in a public trial which guarantees legal defence (Article 11).</span></i></b><b><i><span style="color: #0070c0; font-size: 20.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #0070c0; font-size: 20.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #0070c0; font-size: 20.0pt;">“<span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Article 7(b) of the
African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights also stipulates the right to be
presumed innocent until proven guilty by a competent court or tribunal. Dr.</span></span></b><b><span style="background: white; color: #0070c0; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Abdullahi Bello Bodejo</span></b><b><span style="color: #0070c0; font-size: 20.0pt;"> should therefore be released from
detention or arraigned before a competent court of jurisdiction.” <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #0070c0; font-size: 20.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #0070c0; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">#RegisterMiyettiAllahSecurityOutfit<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #0070c0; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">#SetMiyettiAllahLeaderFree<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #0070c0; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #0070c0; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #0070c0; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Professor
Ishaq Akintola, <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #0070c0; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Executive
Director,<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #0070c0; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Muslim
Rights Concern (MURIC).<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #0070c0; font-size: 20.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>MURIChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06331068023399230259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8551226957559491393.post-20065944635725781142024-02-06T14:25:00.000-08:002024-02-06T14:25:07.707-08:00PRE-RAMADAN MESSAGE: MURIC TO MUSLIMS: DON'T LET NIGERIA FAIL<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9fxXMNvfjLpF23eMPOKqP1nvoBem0-gXYVnuohcH4JIXBpGVfQvbpa3cSUAabJN2tSNxySNHR-UfF-b1ddmW79BQgyrHDikF_XOOxrwlMfdY4g0T2ds_tN8dT0fdOCQkg54KIrnZKNVeg-Kf223ReKrCBt0mRcGwq2zKceGmRFitCbVMphl5wZey8/s204/NIGERIA%20COLOUR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="192" data-original-width="204" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9fxXMNvfjLpF23eMPOKqP1nvoBem0-gXYVnuohcH4JIXBpGVfQvbpa3cSUAabJN2tSNxySNHR-UfF-b1ddmW79BQgyrHDikF_XOOxrwlMfdY4g0T2ds_tN8dT0fdOCQkg54KIrnZKNVeg-Kf223ReKrCBt0mRcGwq2zKceGmRFitCbVMphl5wZey8/s1600/NIGERIA%20COLOUR.jpg" width="204" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;">7<sup>th</sup> February, 2024<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" style="background: white; text-align: center;"><b><u><span style="color: red; font-size: 20.0pt;">PRE-RAMADAN MESSAGE:<br />
MURIC TO MUSLIMS: DON'T LET NIGERIA FAIL<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><b><span style="color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;">As Ramadan 2024 approaches, an Islamic human rights
organization, the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), has appealed to Nigerian
Muslims to do all within their power to ensure that the Nigerian project does
not fail. The group called on Muslims in the country to work for the progress
of the country and to shun all acts of economic sabotage.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;">The
appeal was contained in a Pre-Ramadan message issued on Wednesday, 7th
February, 2024 by the Executive Director of the organization, Professor Ishaq
Akintola.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><b><span style="color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;">He said:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><b><span style="color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;">"Although only the spiritually inclined are fully
aware of it's closeness, Ramadan 2024 is now creeping up like an underwater
swimmer. Its full manifestation on the surface is expected about five weeks
from now.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><b><span style="color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;">"Coming at a time when Nigeria's economy is at
its lowest ebb, with the naira in free fall and prices skyrocketing, 2024
Ramadan poses a potent challenge which the Muslims have no other choice than to
grapple with. Yet it is a good opportunity for the Muslims to use the period to
bring the nation's ship which is in turbulent water to calm currents.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><b><span style="color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;">"This is exactly what is expected of good Muslims
as Ramadan approaches and when it fully materializes. Good Muslims have no
other choice. They cannot and should not join spoilers. They cannot and should
not join violent demonstrators.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><b><i><span style="color: red; font-size: 20.0pt;">"The
Tinubu-Shettima administration was put in place by a majority Muslim votes on
25th February, 2024. Therefore Muslims cannot and should not be the ones that
will bring it down. Neither should they be among those who would sabotage the
economy. This good Muslim majority can build a good Nigeria. Nay, it should be
at the forefront of the mission to rebuild Nigeria.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><b><span style="color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;">"A good majority Muslim population should
translate into a good Nigerian people. That is why the Glorious Qur'an says,
'Cooperate in the doing of goodness and piety, and do not cooperate to
perpetrate evil and aggression' (Qur'an 5:2). This is what Islam instructs
Muslims to do. They must build their country. They must not be part of those
who want to pull it down.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><b><i><span style="color: red; font-size: 20.0pt;">"It is
our firm belief that good Muslims can re-engineer the fabrics of this nation to
produce a good Nigeria. We are convinced that Allah has already provided all
the ingredients of greatness for our dear country. That was why He told Adam
(peace be upon him), 'There is enough for you in the land such that you will
not suffer from hunger or nakedness. Neither will you suffer from thirst or the
heat of the sun' (Glorious Qur'an 20:118-119).<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><b><span style="color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;">"Our problem has always been the modalities for
harnessing those ingredients. What do we lack in Nigeria? We are robustly
blessed with human and material resources. Complacency is our major problem.
The people to do it are there. The tools are there. But so far we have failed
to use what we have to get what we need.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><b><span style="color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;">"As 2024 Ramadan approaches, Nigerian Muslims
must ponder over the instruction to 'work' which Allah told Prophet Muhammad
(SAW) to tell Muslims, 'Work, and Allah, His prophet and the believers will see
your work' (Glorious Qur'an 9:105).<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><b><span style="color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;">"Allah did not tell us to sit down at home and
expect manna from heaven. He told us to 'work' on the farmland if we want to
eat. He told us to 'work' in the factories if we want technological
breakthrough. He told us to 'work' by digging the earth if we want to discover
hidden minerals. The keyword here is 'work'.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><b><i><span style="color: red; font-size: 20.0pt;">"He also
taught us to use the tools and ingredients which He gave us and never to allow
them to be redundant. That was why He told Musa (peace be upon him) to 'throw
it', i.e. to throw the staff in his hand when he faced the magicians of Fir'aon
(Glorious Qur'an 20:19).<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><b><span style="color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;">"Nigerian Muslims must 'throw it'. Throw (use)
the cutlasses, hoes, shovels, etc in their hands. Allah has provided us
with a massive fertile and arable land. For crying out loud, this country has a
total area of 923,768 square kilometers (356,669 square miles) thus
making it the world's 32nd largest country. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;">“Nigeria
cannot lack manpower with a population of approximately 220 million people. Why
then should we incur an annual food import bill of five billion dollars? Why?
It is outrageous. Good Nigerian Muslims must produce food for Nigerians. Good
Nigerian Muslims must make Nigeria great again.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><b><span style="color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;">"The woes of our naira require revolutionary
actions. MURIC charges good Nigerian Muslims to buy made in Nigeria goods and
patronize local service providers.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><b><span style="color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;">"We have received requests from Muslims who want
MURIC to plead with the Federal Government (FG) concerning the cost of 2024
hajj. But we are going to disappoint those who made the plea. We must be
realistic. This is not the time to start making frivolous requests,
particularly anything that will put additional pressure on the naira. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><b><span style="color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;">"We all know the rules and we know the state of
the economy around the world. Hajj is the last of the five pillars of Islam and
it is not compulsory if one does not have the means. What we should do if the
price is too high this year is to wait for another year while we look for more
money, if we can. <i>Ceteris paribus</i>, the naira will be stronger next year.
<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><b><span style="color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;">"Seeing the naira in such comatose condition,
MURIC cannot, in good conscience, ask FG to worsen the country's foreign
exchange imbroglio by sourcing for more dollars for the hajj operation. No
responsible government will do that and we will not ridicule Islam and the
Ummah by making such a laughable request. The situation demands a pragmatic
approach. MURIC actually suggested some years ago that FG should steer clear of
hajj. Nigerian Muslims can handle it. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><b><i><span style="color: red; font-size: 20.0pt;">"Nigeria
will be good if the Muslims who form majority of the population are good. Peer
influence will do the rest. This is the challenge facing Muslims in 2024
Ramadan. We have a chance to turn things around. It is our hope that Christian
leaders will also persuade their followers to join hands with us in the onerous
task of building this country. Good Muslims with Good Christians will make Nigeria
a great nation."<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;">#GoodMuslims<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;">#GoodCountry<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;">Professor Ishaq Akintola, <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;">Executive Director,<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;">Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC).<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>MURIChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06331068023399230259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8551226957559491393.post-59063584317321335512024-02-04T22:00:00.000-08:002024-02-04T22:00:10.262-08:00BAD ECONOMY: WE ARE ALL TO BLAME - MURIC<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYrjz9STVeO-wL2KGOQ6rzOF_eL8LebZ4GpuERULk0iOaFAvNTTBp-xOa7JbiiuE947oGtLtpbz8eMv_7VVyhxIy0mYSb37YCiQP_7sQzJfpiYyoct_unlSA_O_AM4Md7rr0pkMpoNIi_4fyfCGXgNP15SCgBJKuBkOsKNaRjH3XiU_jx-wuYby2WI/s204/NIGERIA%20COLOUR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="192" data-original-width="204" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYrjz9STVeO-wL2KGOQ6rzOF_eL8LebZ4GpuERULk0iOaFAvNTTBp-xOa7JbiiuE947oGtLtpbz8eMv_7VVyhxIy0mYSb37YCiQP_7sQzJfpiYyoct_unlSA_O_AM4Md7rr0pkMpoNIi_4fyfCGXgNP15SCgBJKuBkOsKNaRjH3XiU_jx-wuYby2WI/s1600/NIGERIA%20COLOUR.jpg" width="204" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #3b7d23; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #3B7D23; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;">5<sup>th</sup> February, 2024<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: center;"><b><u><span style="color: #3b7d23; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #3B7D23; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;">PRESS RELEASE:<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><u><span style="background: yellow; color: #3b7d23; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: yellow; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #3B7D23; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;">BAD ECONOMY: WE ARE ALL TO BLAME - MURIC</span></u></b><b><u><span style="color: #3b7d23; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #3B7D23; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #3b7d23; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #3B7D23; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #3b7d23; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #3B7D23; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;">In the wake of outcries from Nigerians over the current economic
downturn, a faith-based non-governmental organization (NGO), the Muslim Rights
Concern (MURIC), has cautioned against unnecessary lamentations. The group
contends that every Nigerian is blameworthy. It therefore advocates patience,
change of mindset, stoppage of the prevailing culture of waste, hardwork and
buying made in Nigeria goods.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #3b7d23; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #3B7D23; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #3b7d23; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #3B7D23; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #3b7d23; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #3B7D23; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;">The group spoke on Monday, <span style="background: white;">5<sup>th</sup></span>
February, 2024 via its Executive Director, Professor Ishaq Akintola. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #3b7d23; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #3B7D23; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #3b7d23; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #3B7D23; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;">The full statement reads : <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #3b7d23; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #3B7D23; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #3b7d23; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #3B7D23; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;">"The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has noted the lamentations
over the present economic doldrum. Complaints have been loud and clear from
various organizations, regional bodies, opinion leaders, private individuals,
etc. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #3b7d23; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #3B7D23; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #3b7d23; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #3B7D23; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;">"But we must stop crying over spilt milk. Neither should we
continue blaming the government because there is more than enough evidence to
show that all these are self-inflicted pains. It is now time to turn
inwards and examine ourselves. It is time for sober reflections.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #3b7d23; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #3B7D23; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #3b7d23; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #3B7D23; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="background: yellow; color: #3b7d23; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: yellow; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #3B7D23; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;">"Things are tough, very
tough. That is a fact. But they did not just become tough this morning. Neither
should we lay the whole blame on a seven-month old administration. We are all
to blame and we, the people, must take the lion share of the blame. We must
face the bitter truths now.</span></i></b><b><i><span style="color: #3b7d23; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #3B7D23; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;"> <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #3b7d23; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #3B7D23; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #3b7d23; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #3B7D23; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="background: yellow; color: #3b7d23; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: yellow; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #3B7D23; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;">"Many of us exhibit
excessive love for luxury and comfort. Ostentation led many to dance on their
fathers' graves. A culture of waste led to the tying of goats to guests' chairs
at social functions. It led to the 'aso ebi' syndrome whereby at least two
thirds of those who buy it do so on credit. It led to spraying our currency and
its concomitant abuse. For some, even thirteen cows are not enough for a single
wedding, The venue must also be the most expensive event centre in town because
that is the only way the event will be the talk of the town for a long time.</span></i></b><b><i><span style="color: #3b7d23; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #3B7D23; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;"> <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #3b7d23; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #3B7D23; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #3b7d23; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #3B7D23; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #3b7d23; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #3B7D23; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;">"Our consumerism is nauseating. All we do in Nigeria is to
consume. We produce virtually nothing. Yet we want the naira to be strong. The
youths have deserted the farms, leaving only old and fragile looking farmers
who now hire mallams to plant ordinary yam and corn. We work like ants but eat
like elephants. We sent invitation to suffering a long time ago.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #3b7d23; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #3B7D23; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #3b7d23; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #3B7D23; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #3b7d23; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #3B7D23; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;">"Many of us are lazy, yet rapaciously greedy. It is true that
some politicians are corrupt but so are the ordinary citizens. Nigerians blame
the police for corruption but they themselves are worse. The carpenter will ask
for ten planks of wood just to build a single desk and chair. The mechanic will
syphon fuel while servicing the car. Lecturers make money out of students. The
latter cheat in exams and now believe school is a scam. The youths leave the
country at will, seeking better life where their parents <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #3b7d23; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #3B7D23; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #3b7d23; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #3B7D23; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #3b7d23; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #3B7D23; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #3b7d23; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #3B7D23; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #3b7d23; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #3B7D23; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #3b7d23; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #3B7D23; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;">"We are always willing to hang every blame on the government.
But we, the people, are the real spoilers and NAFDAC registered saboteurs. The
Lagos State Government fixed streetlights on the long bridge at Iba for the
safety and comfort of Lagos citizens but all the facilities were removed within
two weeks. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #3b7d23; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #3B7D23; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #3b7d23; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #3B7D23; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #3b7d23; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #3B7D23; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;">“The macadamised Second Niger Bridge which the Buhari
administration completed recently is now being vandalized. That bridge had been
abandoned by past administrations for more than forty years and Nigerians travelling
in the South East saw hell within the period until it was completed. But no
sooner than it was eventually put to use than vandals started destroying it.
Can we blame government for that? Tracks newly laid for the modern Buhari
trains are also being stolen one by one. Did Bola Ahmed Tinubu come down from
Aso Rock to do that?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #3b7d23; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #3B7D23; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #3b7d23; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #3B7D23; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #3b7d23; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #3B7D23; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;">“The economic depression we are experiencing today is the bed we
made or failed to make yesterday. But we must lie on it whether it is a bed
of roses or a bed of thorns. How can we start passing the buck now when we all used
bedsheets of our various choices?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #3b7d23; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #3B7D23; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #3b7d23; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #3B7D23; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #3b7d23; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #3B7D23; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;">“What is the way forward? Like the Glorious Qur’an says, the way
forward is to change our ways. In chapter 13 verse 11, the Glorious Qur'an
asserts that the predicament of men will not disappear miraculously unless and
until they change their ways (Qur'an 13:11). <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #3b7d23; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #3B7D23; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #3b7d23; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #3B7D23; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="background: yellow; color: #3b7d23; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: yellow; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #3B7D23; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;">“After agreeing to change
our ways, the next step is to exercise patience. Anger and hasty conclusion
whereby we cast all the blame on our leaders will not solve any problem. Neither
will demonstrations, strikes and destruction of public properties. We must know
that it is the poor who will fall victim of violent demonstrations because we
can hardly reach the wealthy.</span></i></b><b><i><span style="color: #3b7d23; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #3B7D23; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;"> <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #3b7d23; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #3B7D23; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #3b7d23; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #3B7D23; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #3b7d23; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #3B7D23; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #3b7d23; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #3B7D23; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;">“We must stop this culture of waste, no more night parties. ‘Aso
ebi’ must become a thing of the past. Our marriage, child-naming, house-warming
and funeral ceremonies must be moderate from now on. Happy marriages are not
measured by the number of cows slaughtered or by the status and charisma of the
musician that played at the wedding. A moderate marriage ceremony can be
conducted within the premises. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #3b7d23; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #3B7D23; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #3b7d23; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #3B7D23; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="background: yellow; color: #3b7d23; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: yellow; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #3B7D23; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;">“Let us take good care of
our parents when they are still alive. The sumptuous food served at funeral
parties constitute certificated tomfoolery when parents died of kwashiorkor. We
have seen the video clip of a Nigerian who buried a whole Lamborghini jeep in
the same grave with his mother. If we truly love our parents we will not start
dancing and spraying money after their death. We give the impression of saying
goodbye to bad rubbish.</span></i></b><b><i><span style="color: #3b7d23; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #3B7D23; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #3b7d23; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #3B7D23; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #3b7d23; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #3B7D23; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #3b7d23; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #3B7D23; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;">“Our young ones must be creative. Every youth must start something
on his own. Cottage industries must spring up in every corner, every alley and
every backyard. We must stop strengthening the economy of other countries by
buying and consuming foreign goods. We must patronize the little produced
locally. We must stop this practice of deliberately hurting our foreign
exchange. We must stop idolising the dollar. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #3b7d23; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #3B7D23; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #3b7d23; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #3B7D23; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #3b7d23; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #3B7D23; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;">"Nigerians should change their lifestyle and orientation. Government
must adopt an aggressive ‘back-to-farm’ policy. The citizens must live within their
means. Our lawmakers must tackle corruption frontally by making corruption a
capital offence: <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="background: white;">the law of ‘Steal and Die’. <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #3b7d23; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #3B7D23; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #3b7d23; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #3B7D23; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="background: yellow; color: #3b7d23; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: yellow; mso-shading: white; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #3B7D23; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;">“Before
becoming Nigeria’s president, </span></i></b><b><i><span style="background: yellow; color: #3b7d23; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: yellow; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #3B7D23; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;">Bola Tinubu was widely known
to be kind hearted and philanthropic, but he will be spoiling us today if he
comes out of the villa to plant yam for us. Even Allah, the Supreme Creator who
made fishes for us in the ocean will not bring the fish to our kitchen. We must
find the hook or net, dig up the bait and find the fish.</span></i></b><b><i><span style="color: #3b7d23; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #3B7D23; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #3b7d23; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #3B7D23; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #3b7d23; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #3B7D23; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #3b7d23; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #3B7D23; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;">“MURIC salutes those who still remain on the farms, tilling the
soil to keep the nation's body and soul together. We doff our hats to modern
rice and yam farmers. We must join hands with them if we do not want to die of
hunger. We are all to blame for our present woes.”<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #3b7d23; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #3B7D23; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #3b7d23; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #3B7D23; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;">#ChangeYourMindset<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #3b7d23; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #3B7D23; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;">#Patience<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #3b7d23; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #3B7D23; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;">#Hardwork<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #3b7d23; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #3B7D23; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #3b7d23; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #3B7D23; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #3b7d23; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #3B7D23; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;">Professor Ishaq Akintola, <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #3b7d23; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #3B7D23; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;">Executive Director,<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #3b7d23; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #3B7D23; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;">Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC).<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #3b7d23; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #3B7D23; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #3b7d23; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #3B7D23; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>MURIChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06331068023399230259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8551226957559491393.post-90414073868480702112024-02-02T15:44:00.000-08:002024-02-02T15:44:43.064-08:00MURIC TO REPS: PROBE ARMS TRAINING OF 300 PLATEAU YOUTHS IN ISRAEL<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEtzUGX_wwXDVy3aTxMyA5yW-G_wVutmlo_3DfPkF8PpiJeMBS96v5jRbNTL-3NuTj7h90jTnFsPC20OF5a5sgSmYobT1rr_fuM8UQz8t1Ro6j7sKw_MuUwIieprEPbhFjkTfdLwlufFJA2bPJ_d_kORBrCTVNIWiu-Z15FXH8NC23fsuZsZFp3-gs/s201/SPEAKER%20TAJUDEEN%20ABBAS.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="188" data-original-width="201" height="188" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEtzUGX_wwXDVy3aTxMyA5yW-G_wVutmlo_3DfPkF8PpiJeMBS96v5jRbNTL-3NuTj7h90jTnFsPC20OF5a5sgSmYobT1rr_fuM8UQz8t1Ro6j7sKw_MuUwIieprEPbhFjkTfdLwlufFJA2bPJ_d_kORBrCTVNIWiu-Z15FXH8NC23fsuZsZFp3-gs/s1600/SPEAKER%20TAJUDEEN%20ABBAS.jpg" width="201" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;">3<sup>rd</sup>
February, 2024 <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: center;"><b><u><span style="color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;">PRESS RELEASE:<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: center;"><b><u><span style="color: red; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">MURIC
TO REPS: PROBE ARMS TRAINING OF 300 PLATEAU YOUTHS IN ISRAEL<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;">Sequel to
revelations that the government of Plateau State sent 300 youths to Israel to
receive commando training, an Islamic human rights organization, the Muslim
Rights Concern (MURIC), has called on the leadership and members of the House
of Representatives to probe the allegation. The group said such probe is
necessary to get to the bottom of the recurrent crisis in the state. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;">This was
contained in a press statement issued on Saturday, 3rd February, 2024 by the
Executive Director of the organization, Professor Ishaq Akintola. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;">He said:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;">"A member
of the House of Representatives, Hon. Idris Ahmed Wase, alleged in 2018 that
the governor of Plateau State sponsored 300 people to Israel for special
commando operations. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="color: red; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">"Those
300 people have since returned to the state and it is our belief that they have
since been carrying out covert operations in deadly attacks on perceived
enemies of Plateau indigenes, namely, Fulanis and Muslims in general. No
amount of efforts in the search for solution to the crisis in Plateau State
will yield positive results until the identities of the 300 men are disclosed
and the group disbanded. <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;">"Apart
from the killer gang being sponsored by the government of Plateau State, there
are reports of four containers imported by a security company in the state
which is owned by Israel. Those containers obviously contained dangerous
weapons. It is our contention that those weapons have been serving as logistic
compliments to the terrorist activities of the 300 trainees.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="color: red; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">"It
is equally safe to pontificate that the political leaders of Plateau State, in
their search for ways to eliminate their avowed, albeit perceived antagonists,
had gone to Israel and, under the guise of performing pilgrimage in Jerusalem,
signed secret agreements with the Israeli government. <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: red; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;">"This
agreement resulted in the illegal training of terrorists for the Plateau State
government. It is not impossible that those trained were more than 300. The
training may have been in tranches, probably 300 per annum. Plateau is
most probably harbouring around 1,500 well trained terrorists whose only
assignment is to kill Fulanis and Muslims at any given opportunity. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;">"The
Nigerian security agencies may have noted the alarming speed at which every
crisis escalates in the state, the professionalism and preparedness exhibited
by the militia men in their execution and the commando style of those
confronted by them. This has been responsible for the large number of Fulanis
and Muslims massacred in the current fighting as they were quickly surrounded
from all sides. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="color: red; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“At
present, hundreds of Fulanis and Muslims resident in Mangu Local Government are
missing. They have been systematically and methodically cut off from Mangu.
Those missing also include Muslims who are indigenes of the state. Plateau
militia cannot tolerate the idea of a Plateau indigene being a Muslim. <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;">"It is
also not impossible that the idea of a pact with Israel has been sold by
Plateau to other states, e.g. Benue, considering the pattern of violent clashes
which usually erupt there and the discovery of training camps for armed
Christian militia in Benue State.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;">"It is
our submission that Israel may be fanning the embers of war in the Middle Belt
and our security agencies need to investigate. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="color: red; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">"Most
importantly, we charge the House of Representatives to boldly assert itself by
instituting a probe into circumstances surrounding the allegation made by Hon.
Idris Ahmed Wase. Is it true that citizens of Plateau State were trained in
Israel for armed combat? When and what number was involved? How frequent has
the training been? Such a monumental allegation should not be swept under the
carpet. Nigerians want the truth unearthed."<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;">#HouseOfRepresetatives<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;">#ProbePlateau300IsraelTrained<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;">Professor Ishaq Akintola, <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;">Executive Director,<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;">Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC).<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>MURIChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06331068023399230259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8551226957559491393.post-40311414673567449122024-01-31T11:57:00.000-08:002024-01-31T11:57:18.705-08:00PLATEAU’S ALL-CHRISTIAN SECURITY COMMITTEE IS PAROCHIAL – MURIC <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEBvEgwG8DNDuPrYtY-FfW_pix-QxhNqFcWq7tXy-s22orOEaF0P6X5G2XX2yVWnGIJDG_B8CAsxC6iU6RcocQjJfg0lPoaiuYNfOhAZsFOC_432mVMBTjvXrzDODKzqArSZdac2EEIyZHGydVFXpqqwty0XfiJ1FFCk081DxfX-gbmKLcikpkGcO9/s201/MUTFWANG.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="189" data-original-width="201" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEBvEgwG8DNDuPrYtY-FfW_pix-QxhNqFcWq7tXy-s22orOEaF0P6X5G2XX2yVWnGIJDG_B8CAsxC6iU6RcocQjJfg0lPoaiuYNfOhAZsFOC_432mVMBTjvXrzDODKzqArSZdac2EEIyZHGydVFXpqqwty0XfiJ1FFCk081DxfX-gbmKLcikpkGcO9/s1600/MUTFWANG.jpg" width="201" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #f2aa84; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #F2AA84; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themetint: 153;">1<sup>st</sup>
February, 2024 <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: center;"><b><u><span style="color: #f2aa84; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #F2AA84; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themetint: 153;">PRESS RELEASE:<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><u><span style="color: #0b76a0; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #0B76A0; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent4; mso-themecolor: accent4; mso-themeshade: 191;">PLATEAU’S ALL-CHRISTIAN
SECURITY COMMITTEE IS PAROCHIAL – MURIC <o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #f2aa84; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #F2AA84; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themetint: 153;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #f2aa84; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #F2AA84; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themetint: 153;">The governor of Plateau State, Caleb Manasseh Mutfwang
yesterday appointed an eleven-man security committee. However, an Islamic human
rights organization, the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), has accused the
governor of nursing anti-Muslim sentiments for failing to include a single
Muslim in his 11-man security committee.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #f2aa84; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #F2AA84; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themetint: 153;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #f2aa84; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #F2AA84; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themetint: 153;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #f2aa84; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #F2AA84; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themetint: 153;">MURIC’s accusation was contained in a press release
issued by its Executive Director, Professor Ishaq Akintola, on Thursday, 1<sup>st</sup>
February, 2024. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #f2aa84; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #F2AA84; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themetint: 153;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #f2aa84; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #F2AA84; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themetint: 153;">He said:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #f2aa84; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #F2AA84; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themetint: 153;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #f2aa84; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #F2AA84; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themetint: 153;">“The Executive Governor of Plateau State, Caleb
Manasseh Mutfwang, has constituted an 11-man security committee. However, all
members of the committee are Christians. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #f2aa84; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #F2AA84; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themetint: 153;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #f2aa84; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #F2AA84; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themetint: 153;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="color: #0b76a0; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #0B76A0; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent4; mso-themecolor: accent4; mso-themeshade: 191;">“This move lacks tact. It also suffers desertification of decorum,
total absence of diplomatic acumen and acute dearth of parliamentary behaviour.
<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #f2aa84; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #F2AA84; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themetint: 153;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #f2aa84; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #F2AA84; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themetint: 153;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #f2aa84; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #F2AA84; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themetint: 153;">“For a state facing one of the worst security threats
in the country, Governor Mutfwang has just exposed himself as unprepared for lasting
peaceful settlement of the ongoing crisis in Plateau. All he cares about is how
to eliminate Muslims and Fulanis from the state.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #f2aa84; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #F2AA84; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themetint: 153;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #f2aa84; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #F2AA84; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themetint: 153;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #f2aa84; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #F2AA84; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themetint: 153;">“With large numbers of people being killed in the
state on a regular basis and with the general knowledge that the brouhaha is
between indigenes of the state and residents who have settled there more than a
hundred years ago, Mutfwang is still yet to realise that he as the leader needs
to carry all parties along if he wants genuine peace. His latest move has
exposed his anti-Muslim body language.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #f2aa84; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #F2AA84; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themetint: 153;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #f2aa84; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #F2AA84; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themetint: 153;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #f2aa84; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #F2AA84; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themetint: 153;">“A letter containing the list of members of the
security committee and dated 29<sup>th</sup> January, 2024 was signed by the Secretary
to the government of Plateau State, Arc. Samuel Jatau. The Committee has AVM
Napoleon Bali (rtd) and Jatau himself as Chairman and secretary respectively. All
remaining nine members are also Christians.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #f2aa84; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #F2AA84; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themetint: 153;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #f2aa84; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #F2AA84; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themetint: 153;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #f2aa84; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #F2AA84; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themetint: 153;">“MURIC strongly condemns the composition of this
committee. It is parochial, archaic and prebendal. Nothing objective can come
out of such a highly partisan committee. It is also a declaration of total war
on Muslims in the state. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #f2aa84; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #F2AA84; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themetint: 153;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #f2aa84; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #F2AA84; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themetint: 153;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #f2aa84; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #F2AA84; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themetint: 153;">“The governor of Plateau State is living in self-denial.
In his illusion, he believes that the solution to the Plateau crisis lies in
the hands of the indigenes alone. But whoever heard of an orchestra pianist who
swore to use only one key colour. What kind of music will he produce? To get
the best tunes from a piano, one needs both the white and black keys. We hope
Mutfwang is listening. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #f2aa84; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #F2AA84; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themetint: 153;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #f2aa84; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #F2AA84; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themetint: 153;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #f2aa84; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #F2AA84; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themetint: 153;">“Neither the governor nor the indigenes can deceive
Nigerians. Not anymore. Not long after they have been caught pants down over
the General Alkali affair during which even their women joined in the attempt
to fool the army who came searching for the late general’s body. Not long after
that the indigenes killed dozens of Muslims travelling through Jos. Not all
Nigerians suffer from general amnesia.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #f2aa84; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #F2AA84; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themetint: 153;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #f2aa84; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #F2AA84; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themetint: 153;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="color: #0b76a0; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #0B76A0; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent4; mso-themecolor: accent4; mso-themeshade: 191;">“Like Joshua Dariye before him who declared that Plateau State is a
Christian state, like Jonah Jang who supervised the killing of a large number
of Muslims under him, Mutfwang has failed in state craft and fallen short of the
grace of leadership. Only those who can tolerate the minority succeed in the
art of statesmanship. <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #f2aa84; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #F2AA84; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themetint: 153;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #f2aa84; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #F2AA84; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themetint: 153;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #f2aa84; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #F2AA84; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themetint: 153;">“The panacea to the Plateau imbroglio lies in carrying
all stakeholders along. It is high time the Plateau Governor came down his high
horse and realized that even as executive governor of a whole state he cannot
clap with one hand.”<span style="background: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #f2aa84; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #F2AA84; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themetint: 153;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #f2aa84; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #F2AA84; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themetint: 153;">#PlateauGovernor<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #f2aa84; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #F2AA84; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themetint: 153;">#ParochialSecurityCommittee<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #f2aa84; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #F2AA84; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themetint: 153;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #f2aa84; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #F2AA84; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themetint: 153;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #f2aa84; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #F2AA84; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themetint: 153;">Professor Ishaq Akintola, <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #f2aa84; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #F2AA84; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themetint: 153;">Executive Director,<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #f2aa84; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #F2AA84; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themetint: 153;">Muslim
Rights Concern (MURIC)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #f2aa84; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #F2AA84; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themetint: 153;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>MURIChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06331068023399230259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8551226957559491393.post-3278413361043576182024-01-29T22:13:00.000-08:002024-01-29T22:13:37.895-08:00ALLOW TRAVELLERS TO USE MONIYA TRAIN STATION MOSQUE<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbuOiNeoQAfrhzFa6Owma4i73f4u4OGTbRpozL8fnStlks9ui1G7ejpl44Rx7h95dKbXN0Z9VCuQtzmjmlBRmn06gaev9ezBhDiVGtkOjnnhtGTYlZT147fF9Pl1ofBV9cIa4Q8RMXCbm2tNo8sgtBrjnU3ZHkp2M-vtjMnXbMrOrakrm6DGLGUv7r/s800/TRAINS.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="388" data-original-width="800" height="155" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbuOiNeoQAfrhzFa6Owma4i73f4u4OGTbRpozL8fnStlks9ui1G7ejpl44Rx7h95dKbXN0Z9VCuQtzmjmlBRmn06gaev9ezBhDiVGtkOjnnhtGTYlZT147fF9Pl1ofBV9cIa4Q8RMXCbm2tNo8sgtBrjnU3ZHkp2M-vtjMnXbMrOrakrm6DGLGUv7r/s320/TRAINS.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #275317; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #275317; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">30<sup>th</sup>
January, 2024 <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: center;"><b><u><span style="color: #275317; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #275317; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">PRESS RELEASE:<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: center;"><b><u><span style="color: red; font-size: 20.0pt;">ALLOW TRAVELLERS TO USE MONIYA TRAIN STATION
MOSQUE</span></u></b><b><u><span style="color: red; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #275317; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #275317; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #275317; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #275317; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">An Islamic human
rights advocacy group, the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), has accused the
authorities of the Obafemi Awolowo Railway Station, Moniya, Ibadan, of
disallowing travellers from accessing the station's mosque for Salat
(obligatory prayer). The group said the move was religiously motivated. It
therefore called on the authorities to stop further restriction of worshippers
in the mosque.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><b><span style="color: #275317; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #275317; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">The demand was contained in a press release issued on Monday, 29th
January, 2024 by the Executive Director of the group, Professor Ishaq Akintola.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><b><span style="color: #275317; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #275317; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">The full statement reads:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><b><span style="color: #275317; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #275317; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">"The authorities of the Obafemi Awolowo Railway Station,
Moniya, Ibadan, have been disallowing travellers from accessing the station's
mosque for Salat (obligatory prayer) for the past three months.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><b><i><span style="color: red; font-size: 20.0pt;">"Reports
reaching us from Muslim travellers who passed through Moniya train station indicate
that only staff of the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) are being allowed to
pray there while travellers for whom the station was actually built are not
allowed to pray there since the past three months, particularly the Friday
Jumu'ah prayer.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><b><span style="color: #275317; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #275317; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">"The station manager allegedly gave orders that no traveller
should be allowed to observe prayer there since an incident involving a Muslim
female traveller who returned to the mosque to pick her forgotten rosary during
boarding period.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><b><span style="color: #275317; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #275317; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">"This is not good enough. It appears religiously motivated.
Someone somewhere is allergic to seeing Muslims around in large numbers
worshipping their Lord and Creator. He wants to stop them. He wants to isolate
Muslim staff of the station from the rest of their Nigerian brothers and
sisters. We will not allow that to happen.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><b><i><span style="color: red; font-size: 20.0pt;">"MURIC
appeals to the authorities of the Obafemi Awolowo Railway Station, Moniya,
Ibadan, to stop restricting the use of the station mosque. The incident
involving the Muslim lady who forgot her rosary is an isolated case. It is a
flimsy excuse. It should not be used to deprive other Muslim travellers their
Allah-given fundamental human right to worship their Creator at the appointed
time of Salat.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><b><span style="color: #275317; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #275317; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">"Apart from the Friday Jumu'ah prayer which is observed once
weekly, Muslims must pray five times daily (Subh, Zuhr, 'Asr, Magrib and
'Ishai) and those five times are fixed and well known. The Glorious Qur'an
says, 'Verily indeed, the times for Salat are well fixed' (Qur'an 4:103).<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><b><span style="color: #275317; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #275317; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">"Incidentally two of those five times (Zuhr and 'Asr) fall
within working period in Nigeria (approximately around 2 and 4 pm). This is why
Muslims must have mosques around them every time. It explains why Muslims
demand for the provision of prayer facilities in their workplaces. It is not
for spiritual flamboyance. Rather, it is a religious necessity.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><b><span style="color: #275317; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #275317; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">"Man is body, soul and spirit. We can use our bodies to serve
our employers, whether government or private. But we must be allowed to use our
souls to serve our Almighty Creator, Allah. That is one thing nobody should
seek to control.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><b><span style="color: #275317; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #275317; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">"Any attempt to do this is an infringement on our right to
worship and a violation of Section 38 of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal
Republic of Nigeria (as amended 2011). Disallowing Muslim travellers from
accessing the station mosque at any point in time constitutes a violation of
the above provision. This is where the station authorities erred. They should
not have prevented Muslim travellers from using the mosque.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><b><i><span style="color: red; font-size: 20.0pt;">"A Muslim
is not complete if after satisfying matter (body), his or her soul is left
unattended to. Muslims prefer to be soul-satisfied, even if they remain
matter-dissatisfied. For matter will perish, no matter how long. The soul lives
forever, for it is from Allah and unto Allah it will return for accountability.
This is why Muslims do not joke with times of obligatory prayer (salat).<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><b><span style="color: #275317; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #275317; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">"We therefore implore the authorities of the Obafemi Awolowo
Railway Station, Moniya, Ibadan, to lift all forms of restrictions in and
around the station's mosque in order to allow Muslim worshipers to pray"<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #275317; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #275317; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">#NigerianRailwayCorporation<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #275317; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #275317; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">#MoniyaStation<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #275317; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #275317; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">#AllowMuslimTravellersUseMosque<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #275317; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #275317; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #275317; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #275317; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #275317; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #275317; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">Professor Ishaq Akintola, <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #275317; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #275317; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">Executive Director,<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #275317; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #275317; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">Muslim Rights
Concern (MURIC)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #275317; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #275317; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>MURIChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06331068023399230259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8551226957559491393.post-3263798035856938262024-01-25T23:36:00.000-08:002024-01-25T23:36:10.443-08:00ONDO DEPUTY GOV: NONE LIKE TINUBU IN THE SOUTH WEST<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWDIv81dmz5Tq2jXZzieYFAzTq90T1t3QaVxTjs3tnYtEij2iffLtO-1-73XiKiZ1W-LfkSF6qq3y_ZFq3o1dfhXbFd_H_b4lb1yiFHKxm-7JfIVry7hFN7JBzi_jy_DhsNk3ixiNpgaVUSfXNY2_4BTq91IEv8fZqDuXzJLLmM8CPHwaarR2yewoA/s720/TINUBU%20YANGBADA.webp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="404" data-original-width="720" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWDIv81dmz5Tq2jXZzieYFAzTq90T1t3QaVxTjs3tnYtEij2iffLtO-1-73XiKiZ1W-LfkSF6qq3y_ZFq3o1dfhXbFd_H_b4lb1yiFHKxm-7JfIVry7hFN7JBzi_jy_DhsNk3ixiNpgaVUSfXNY2_4BTq91IEv8fZqDuXzJLLmM8CPHwaarR2yewoA/s320/TINUBU%20YANGBADA.webp" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">26<sup>th</sup>
January, 2024 <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: center;"><b><u><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">PRESS RELEASE:<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><u><span style="color: #002060; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ONDO
DEPUTY GOV: NONE LIKE TINUBU IN THE SOUTH WEST<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), has concluded that there is none
like President Bola Ahmed Tinubu among the governors and political leaders of
the South West. This was sequel to the appointment yesterday of Chief Olayide
Adelami as the new deputy governor of Ondo State by Governor Lucky
Ayedatiwa. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">The Islamic human rights organization based its conclusion on the
governor's failure to pick a Muslim as his deputy despite demands to that
effect from various Islamic bodies, including MURIC.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">This position was made known in a press statement issued on Friday,
26th January, 2024 by the group's Executive Director, Professor Ishaq Akintola.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">The full statement reads:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">"Governor Lucky Ayedatiwa yesterday appointed Chief Olayide
Adelami, a Christian, as the new deputy governor of Ondo State. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="color: #002060; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">"This
appointment, in our opinion, is a direct rejection of the appeals made by
several Islamic organizations including the Muslim community of Ondo State
which controls about 40% of the total population. It also mirrors the
insensitivity of Governor Lucky Ayedatiwa to the yearnings and aspirations of
Muslims in Ondo State. <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">"The appointment further demonstrates the total lack of
hypocrisy in the mantra of ‘religious tolerance’ as publicly brandished by
Christian leaders and their politicians in the South West. If there is any
scintilla of religious tolerance and inclusiveness, it has been coming from the
Muslim politicians and the Muslim population in the region. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="color: #002060; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">"Whereas
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu sought to embrace inclusiveness and religious
tolerance by giving top appointments to Christians, none of the Christian
governors in the South West reciprocated by giving Muslims a similar
treatment. <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">"Sanwo-Olu of Lagos gave the Christians 43 commissioners but
he gave Muslims a meager 14. Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State gave Christians 16 but
he gave Muslims 4 only. In Oyo State, Seyi Makinde gave Christians 10
commissioners but gave Muslims 6. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">"The worst is Osun State where the Christian governor, Ademola
Adeleke keeps deceiving the people that he is a Muslim. He also has a Christian
deputy. That is the extent of executive fraud. Despite this
Christian-Christian ticket in Osun State, the number of Christian commissioners
is 17 while that of Muslims is just 7. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">“Ondo has 15 Christian commissioners against only 2 Muslims while
Christian commissioners in Ekiti are 24 while the Muslims have 1 (one)
only. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="color: #002060; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">"Who is
like Tinubu among the six Christian governors in Yorubaland? There is none. Who
can treat Yoruba Muslims with the same magnanimity which Tinubu extended to
Christians at federal level? None that we know of. <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">“History will attest to Tinubu as the Muslim president who extended
inclusiveness to hitherto hostile Christians. The annals will register
Ayetilewa as the Christian governor of Ondo who could not stomach the thought
of having a Muslim deputy. Chroniclers will not spare the intolerant Christian governors
of Lagos, Ogun, Oyo, Osun and Ekiti who used their proverbial teeth to share the
common patrimony of the South West but whom only Allah knows what they kept for
their Christian brethren.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="color: #002060; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Muslims are
under heavy siege in the South West. They have become endangered species, oppressed,
depressed, repressed, underemployed, overworked, underpaid, mere fish for
evangelical fishermen, falcons caged for the falconer."<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="background: white; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191; padding: 0in;">#TinubuMuslimPresident<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="background: white; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191; padding: 0in;">#YorubaChristianGovernors<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="background: white; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191; padding: 0in;">#Inclusiveness<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="background: white; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191; padding: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">Professor Ishaq Akintola, <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">Executive Director,<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC).<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>MURIChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06331068023399230259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8551226957559491393.post-37707198430439763272024-01-24T23:41:00.000-08:002024-01-24T23:41:41.917-08:00MURIC CONDEMNS PLATEAU CRISIS, APPEALS FOR CALM<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwoBNRM301apGJC4zAwYtybCPrkCZcJ_yNAkYLR1cQs-7ytymiAiBg3rVvfuoX80Ds6dUVFvqeAOQeGlmtKxDKzyZis8dp6G7JkHfeOKcKBbP0vHHqSjVA2KAwmG7wpM8oxH3pAVtF5YLNhttoXFZ98Ud-n4qqEhjoilrE1-TqyCCrpHk3mAS1Xxs0/s300/RIOT.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="168" data-original-width="300" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwoBNRM301apGJC4zAwYtybCPrkCZcJ_yNAkYLR1cQs-7ytymiAiBg3rVvfuoX80Ds6dUVFvqeAOQeGlmtKxDKzyZis8dp6G7JkHfeOKcKBbP0vHHqSjVA2KAwmG7wpM8oxH3pAVtF5YLNhttoXFZ98Ud-n4qqEhjoilrE1-TqyCCrpHk3mAS1Xxs0/s1600/RIOT.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;">19<sup>th</sup>
January, 2024 <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: center;"><b><u><span style="color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;">PRESS RELEASE:<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: center;"><b><u><span style="background: lime; color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: lime; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;">MURIC CONDEMNS PLATEAU CRISIS, APPEALS FOR CALM</span></u></b><b><u><span style="color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;">About
eight people have been confirmed dead while six mosques and two churches have
been burnt in Mangu as violence spreads in Mangu Local Government of Plateau
State. Meanwhile an Islamic human rights organization, the Muslim Rights
Concern (MURIC) has appealed to the combatants for calm. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;">The
group spoke on Thursday, 25<sup>th</sup> January, 2024 via a press statement
issued by its Executive Director, Professor Ishaq Akintola. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;">He
said:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;">“The
death toll in the raging crisis in Mangu, Plateau State, has reached eight. Six
mosques and two churches have been burnt. The burnt mosques include a central
mosque, the Anguwan Dawo Jumat Mosque. An Islamic school, Audi Islamiyyah, was
also burnt. The two burnt churches, <span style="background: white;">Deden and
Assemblies of God’s Church</span> are located in Sabon-Kasuwa in <span style="background: white;">Dercom and Alogom areas of Mangu. Both belong to
COCIN. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;">“MURIC denounces this wanton destruction of lives and
properties, particularly houses of worship which should be respected. It is
barbaric and satanic. We must learn to coexist peacefully.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="background: lime; color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-highlight: lime; mso-shading: white; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;">“We note with serious
concern the consistent consistency of attacks on Northern Muslims who live in
Plateau State. We find it noteworthy that although Southern Christians of the
South East and South West also reside in large numbers in Plateau State, it is
the Northern Muslims who are always targeted for killing. The others have never
been attacked.</span></i></b><b><i><span style="background: white; color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;">“The fact that all the eight people who died in the riot are
Muslims point to where the aggression first started as well as the targets of
the attacks. Reports gathered from the Plateau State branch of MURIC and that
of the Jamaat Nasril Islam (JNI) states that the crisis started on Tuesday, 23<sup>rd</sup>
January, 2024. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;">“The reports also affirm that the security outfits in ‘Operation
Rainbow’ are partisan as there are complaints that Muslims and their mosques did
not receive adequate protection, a situation which made it possible for the
Christian youths to burn as many as eight mosques while only two churches were affected.
<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;">“We charge the security agents to be fair to all.
Partisanship in the security agencies can cause irreparable damage. It can also
allow the crisis to escalate beyond imagination. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="background: lime; color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-highlight: lime; mso-shading: white; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;">“We appeal to the people
of Mangu in particular and Plateau State in general to stop all forms of
hostility. They should cooperate with law enforcement agencies. The name of Plateau
State has become synonymous with killing and destruction. This has started to
scare prospective investors, tourists and visitors away from the state. This is
bound to affect the state’s economy.”</span></i></b><b><i><span style="background: white; color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;"> <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;">#ManguCrisis<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;">#PolicePartisanship<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;">Professor Ishaq Akintola, <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;">Executive Director,<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;">Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC).<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d86ecc; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D86ECC; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themetint: 153;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>MURIChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06331068023399230259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8551226957559491393.post-74465746763400119462024-01-20T22:31:00.000-08:002024-01-20T22:31:45.865-08:00MUSLIM DEPUTY GOV IN ONDO IS INCLUSIVITY - MURIC<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-75bAz_6rcon65BqrlY5xcScWGTCY4-BTFKeIfUQMBLRq-iKEaPP3hNHxyy1wqm2Tit-_Ifa8PWJo-Evgpum5bRUddCjJpJSbGDcchnK0PcTn54KXicxZguGU4wtqQGh4pQbd7YQ9ZxFWvwPgDjGT_KDedL039ra7rXAZeGApkYhbug5H9ooC2iAz/s204/GOV%20AYEDATIWA.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="192" data-original-width="204" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-75bAz_6rcon65BqrlY5xcScWGTCY4-BTFKeIfUQMBLRq-iKEaPP3hNHxyy1wqm2Tit-_Ifa8PWJo-Evgpum5bRUddCjJpJSbGDcchnK0PcTn54KXicxZguGU4wtqQGh4pQbd7YQ9ZxFWvwPgDjGT_KDedL039ra7rXAZeGApkYhbug5H9ooC2iAz/s1600/GOV%20AYEDATIWA.jpg" width="204" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: aqua; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-highlight: aqua;">21<sup>th</sup> January, 2024 <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: center;"><b><u><span style="background: aqua; color: #222222; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: aqua;">PRESS RELEASE:<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: center;"><b><u><span style="background: yellow; color: #222222; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: yellow;">MUSLIM DEPUTY GOV IN ONDO IS
INCLUSIVITY - MURIC</span></u></b><b><u><span style="background: aqua; color: #222222; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: aqua;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="background: aqua; color: #222222; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: aqua;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: aqua; color: #222222; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: aqua;">The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has added
its voice to the call for a Muslim deputy governor in Ondo State. The Islamic
human rights organization spoke on Sunday, 21st January, 2024 via its Executive
Director, Professor Ishaq Akintola. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: aqua; color: #222222; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: aqua;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: aqua; color: #222222; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: aqua;">The full statement reads: <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: aqua; color: #222222; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: aqua;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: aqua; color: #222222; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: aqua;">"The office of deputy governor has
been vacant since the assumption of office of Governor Lucky Ayedatiwa. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: aqua; color: #222222; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: aqua;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: aqua; color: #222222; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: aqua;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: aqua; color: #222222; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: aqua;">"As a multireligious state with a
large Muslim population, the new governor will be injecting a heavy dose of
interfaith tolerance and inclusivity by picking a Muslim as his deputy. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: aqua; color: #222222; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: aqua;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: aqua; color: #222222; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: aqua;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: aqua; color: #222222; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: aqua;">"Muslims in Ondo State have a long
history of political alienation, economic marginalisation and social
ostracisation. Their complaints have become legendary but nobody ever listened.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: aqua; color: #222222; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: aqua;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: aqua; color: #222222; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: aqua;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="background: yellow; color: #222222; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: yellow;">"Governor Aiyedatiwa will be
chatting an entirely new course if he can change all these by giving Muslims in
Ondo State special attention this time around. The governor has no problem
identifying suitable candidates as eminently qualified Muslims abound in all
sectors in the state and some of them have been active in Ondo politics."<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="background: aqua; color: #222222; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: aqua;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="background: aqua; color: #222222; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: aqua;">#OndoGovernor<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="background: aqua; color: #222222; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: aqua;">#MuslimDeputyNow<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: aqua; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: aqua; mso-shading: white;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="background: aqua; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: aqua;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: aqua; color: black; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: aqua; mso-shading: white;">Professor Ishaq
Akintola, </span></b><b><span style="background: aqua; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: aqua; mso-shading: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: aqua; color: black; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: aqua; mso-shading: white;">Executive Director,</span></b><b><span style="background: aqua; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: aqua; mso-shading: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: aqua; color: black; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: aqua; mso-shading: white;">Muslim Rights Concern
(MURIC).</span></b><b><span style="background: white; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 20.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>MURIChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06331068023399230259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8551226957559491393.post-39512648031516942122024-01-19T12:59:00.000-08:002024-01-19T12:59:57.406-08:00MURIC SAYS ABDUCTION FOR CHRIST MUST STOP<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZzsyH5XU0ag7FcvFGzP5hEbPTdbyoxsInFy__20XJjsc_tOhpR6nRd4xxZz62_O1e4ZpHnI-siF78WOB3OmIM79gTxW_5VYDNsouSqH8JoFsXdtpLo-MoyJQrrw4RjzHMUAlPsCkriOZG7KLZ0QrBG_9Mcm5_l3Z_bupDN0KNDeEpIvgYYTMxzVHL/s92/KANO%20ABDUCTORS.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="92" data-original-width="92" height="92" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZzsyH5XU0ag7FcvFGzP5hEbPTdbyoxsInFy__20XJjsc_tOhpR6nRd4xxZz62_O1e4ZpHnI-siF78WOB3OmIM79gTxW_5VYDNsouSqH8JoFsXdtpLo-MoyJQrrw4RjzHMUAlPsCkriOZG7KLZ0QrBG_9Mcm5_l3Z_bupDN0KNDeEpIvgYYTMxzVHL/s1600/KANO%20ABDUCTORS.jpg" width="92" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">20TH JANUARY, 2024<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">PRESS RELEASE:<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><u><span style="background: yellow; color: #7030a0; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: yellow;">MURIC SAYS ABDUCTION FOR
CHRIST MUST STOP</span></u></b><b><u><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">— Calls for stiffer
punishment for perpetrators <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Kano State Police
Command, on 27th December, 2023, said it had dismantled a human trafficking
syndicate that specialised in the abduction, buying, and selling of Muslim
minors. No fewer than nine suspects operating around Kano, Bauchi, Lagos,
Delta, Anambra, and Imo States, were arrested.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The syndicate that
specialises in abducting young Muslims from Kano and other northern states to
the Southern part of the country, renames, converts them to Christianity, and
sells them to others for slavery.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The unabated abduction
of Muslim minors has been condemned by an Islamic Human Rights group, the
Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC). The group warned the perpetrators to stop
henceforth. The warning was contained in a statement made by the group's Kano
State Chapter Chairman, Malam Hassan Sani Indabawa, on Saturday, 20th January,
2024.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">"This ugly trend
must stop. Everyone has to rise against it and Nigerian Muslims will no longer
condone a situation whereby Muslim minors are kidnapped, converted to
Christianity and sold out. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">"It is also
worrisome to note the active role of the Church in siding and abetting the
alarming rise in abduction, stealing, kidnapping, selling of young Muslims and
thereafter converting them to Christianity and changing their names.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">"This is
buttressed by the participation of some private orphanages, mainly operated by
Christians in a clandestine manner. Most of the discovered victims of this
devilish abduction are adopted by these unscrupulous orphanages who end up
converting the young Muslims to Christianity, in an apparently well planned and
aggressive evangelism.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">"Recently, the
Gombe State Police Command had in collaboration with the Anambra State Police
Command, bursted a kidnapper’s den in an orphanage in Onitsha, Anambra State,
where they rescued 12 children while one Nkechi Odulye, the proprietor of the orphanage
was arrested by the police. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">"These Christian
orphanages exploited the non existing policy on running and operating of
private orphanages in the entire Muslim dominated northern Nigeria, thus having
a field day on stalking and poaching of Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC). Whenever
exposed, they claimed to be helping the hapless OVC to have a better life by
providing them with shelter, food and education. Whereas the bottom line is to
bloat the Christian population.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">"The case of a
private orphanage in Kano is the best illustration of abduction for Christ
hullabaloo. Kano State, alone, is yet to recover over 600 missing children from
these criminal syndicates. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">"The Police and
agents of National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons
(NAPTIP) had on 25th December, 2019 raided Du Mercy Orphanage Home at
Nomansland, in Sabon Gari area, in Kano and apprehended the founder of the
orphanage, one Professor Solomon M. Tarfa, for illegally operating an orphanage
and rescued 27 children. The Orphanage has procured and adopted over 120 babies
since its inception in 1996.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">"One Dr Chudi
Christopher Nwoye of Assumpta Clinic and Maternity was alleged to be procuring
babies and handing them over to Professor Tarfa and his wife. Assumpta Clinic
and Maternity has been operating in Kano, also for 30 years. Only God knows the
magnitude of atrocities committed by Dr Nwoye before he fled, escaping police
arrest. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">"The proprietor
of the Orphanage, Professor Tarfa was thereafter arraigned on a three count
charge: abduction, kidnapping and forging of government document. He was found
to be dishonestly using, as genuine, a certificate of registration which he claimed
to have obtained from the Kano State Ministry of Women Affairs and Social
Development. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">"During his
trial, Professor Tarfa had on 10th August, 2021, admitted under oath that,
'When I wanted to operate Du Mercy Orphanage I went to CAC and obtained
certificate of incorporation but I did not register with any relevant
authorities in Kano State.' <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">"But
surprisingly, Professor Tarfa mobilized several international and local
Christian groups and associations including CAN, by changing the narrative and
claimed to be facing 'religious persecution' from Kano State Government. He and
his collaborators declared Sabon Gari area as 'Christian district.'<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">"Several
Christian groups mounted pressure on both the federal and Kano state
governments as well as the judiciary. The pressure was for the trial judge to
drop all charges and discharge Professor Tarfa. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">"The intense
pressure mounted by some Christian groups, conveniently ignored the criminal
allegations against Professor Tarfa for operating an illegal orphanage for
almost 30 years in Kano. The Christian groups that blindly lined behind
Professor Tarfa included the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN),
International Christian Concern (ICC), Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) UK,
CSW Nigeria, <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">US - Nigeria Law Group
and the Christian Social Movement, among others. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">"However, the
presiding Judge remained steadfast and committed to dispensing justice by
treating the case on its own merit. Consequently, Professor Tarfa was convicted
on 4th March, 2022 and jailed for 2 years in a brilliant judgment that even
Professor Tarfa admitted to be 'just and transparent.'<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">"However, and
sadly, the Court of Appeal, on 27th January, 2023 discharged and acquitted the
Professor claiming lack of diligent prosecution. The respondent, for
inexplicable reasons, failed to file their respondent's brief, thus effectively
killing a good case. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Kano State
Ministry of Justice should pay more attention to its personnel by ensuring that
such cases are prosecuted diligently. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">"The Muslim
Rights Concern (MURIC) now asks, why did the Christian world rally behind
Professor Tarfa if he was not working for the church? <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">"Most worrisome
is the active collaboration of these illegal orphanages with Clinics like
Assumpta, where new born babies were procured and handed over to Professor
Tarfa and his wife. The Kano State Government and indeed other northern state
governments and every stakeholder must be worried about this development. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">"We urge Kano
State Government and other state governments, as a matter of urgency, to come
up with policy on setting up of private orphanages. With the proliferation of
private orphanages, the authorities should produce operational guidelines for streamlining
the activities of such centers. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">"The Nigeria
Police, NAPTIP, Hisbah, Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN) and
Ministry of Women Affairs must keep vigilance on the activities of private
orphanages and clinics, such as Du Mercy Orphanage and Assumpta Clinic and
Maternity to ensure they comply with the rules and guidelines for operating
such orphanages and health care facilities. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">"We similarly
call on wealthy Muslims, Islamic organizations and northern state governments,
especially Kano State Government, under the leadership of His Excellency,
Engineer Abba Kabir Yusuf, to show more concern and empathy in increased
funding, adoption and rehabilitation of Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC)
in the state. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">"MURIC further
calls on the press to continue to expose these criminals for what they are,
noting that the press has an important role to play while eschewing
partisanship and sectionalism.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">"Lastly, we call
on Muslim Lawyers Association of Nigeria (MULAN) and other Islamic
organizations to follow-up on all court cases of criminal abduction of Muslim
minors to ensure that justice is not only done, but also must be seen to have
been done by procuring stiffest punishment for Christian zealots, who abduct
Muslim minors for Christ."<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Malam Hassan Sani
Indabawa, <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Chairman, <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Muslim Rights Concern
(MURIC), <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Kano State Chapter.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Saturday, 20th
January, 2024<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #7030a0; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>MURIChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06331068023399230259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8551226957559491393.post-72033389800221400932024-01-18T15:45:00.000-08:002024-01-18T15:45:22.965-08:00EDO GUBER RACE: ODION AKHAINE DESERVES THE SLOT - MURIC<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkPh6WjWCxaMdBnvqFbienGYdKozKWgmMqTsxj7xY1nUACf9EC28MZHSeu2Y042X4SDGvZNTD7UoFYWjnncN_rClDgFwWzGDcoBWbrCOK3rOB1Ignn7wXFBRhAVb1gdo3uJLrOiq6tF99sfEw4S0QyUV7b3yYe-Juzq63_LZ1iaWJgMopgXdeneI0C/s196/ODION%20AKHAINE.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="183" data-original-width="196" height="183" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkPh6WjWCxaMdBnvqFbienGYdKozKWgmMqTsxj7xY1nUACf9EC28MZHSeu2Y042X4SDGvZNTD7UoFYWjnncN_rClDgFwWzGDcoBWbrCOK3rOB1Ignn7wXFBRhAVb1gdo3uJLrOiq6tF99sfEw4S0QyUV7b3yYe-Juzq63_LZ1iaWJgMopgXdeneI0C/s1600/ODION%20AKHAINE.jpg" width="196" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #3b7d23; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #3B7D23; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;">19<sup>th</sup>
January, 2024 <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: center;"><b><u><span style="color: #3b7d23; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #3B7D23; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;">PRESS RELEASE:<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: center;"><b><u><span style="background: yellow; color: #3b7d23; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-highlight: yellow; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #3B7D23; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;">EDO GUBER RACE: ODION
AKHAINE DESERVES THE SLOT - MURIC</span></u></b><b><u><span style="color: #3b7d23; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #3B7D23; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #3b7d23; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #3B7D23; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;">As the battle for
the primaries of the Edo State gubernatorial election gets hotter, the Muslim
Rights Concern (MURIC) has made a case for one of the candidates, Professor
Odion Akhaine. The group contends that Odion Akhaine deserves the ticket
because of his role as the General Secretary of the Campaign for Democracy (CD)
which was in the forefront of the battle to halt military rule in the 90s.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #3b7d23; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #3B7D23; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #3b7d23; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #3B7D23; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;">This was revealed in
a statement issued on Friday, 19th January, 2024 by the Executive Director of
the group, Professor Ishaq Akintola.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><b><span style="color: #3b7d23; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #3B7D23; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;">The full statement reads:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin: 0in; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><b><span style="color: #3b7d23; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #3B7D23; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;">"We are keenly monitoring developments in Edo State where
party faithfuls are getting ready for the gubernatorial election which is
billed for Saturday, 21st September, 2024.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="background: white; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #3b7d23; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #3B7D23; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="background: white; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #3b7d23; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #3B7D23; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="background: white; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #3b7d23; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #3B7D23; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;">"Of particular interest to us in the Muslim Rights Concern
(MURIC) is the candidature of Professor Odion Akhaine who is vying for the post
of governor in the election.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="background: white; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #3b7d23; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #3B7D23; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><b><span style="color: #3b7d23; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #3B7D23; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;">"Though a non-Muslim, it is our wish to identify with him and
give him solid solidarity in view of the momentous role he played during the
struggle to free Nigeria from the vicious claws of military dictators particularly
after the annulment of the results of the June 12, 1993 election.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #3b7d23; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #3B7D23; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><b><i><span style="background: yellow; color: #3b7d23; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-highlight: yellow; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #3B7D23; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;">"As the General
Secretary of the Campaign for Democracy (CD) in those days, Professor Odion
Akhaine was in the trenches with the likes of Dr. Beko Ransom Kuti, Chief Gani
Fawehinmi, Professor Wole Soyinka, Femi Falana, Uba Sani and other
pro-democracy activists. He also spent time in prison for confronting the
military. Odion Akhaine is therefore one of the heroes of democracy in Nigeria.</span></i></b><b><i><span style="color: #3b7d23; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #3B7D23; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><b><span style="color: #3b7d23; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #3B7D23; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #3b7d23; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #3B7D23; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;">"Unfortunately
today, many of those who fought for our democracy and paid costly prices have
been forgotten by those who are reaping the fruits of democracy.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><b><span style="color: #3b7d23; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #3B7D23; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;">"It is paradoxical that apart from President Bola Ahmed Tinubu
and Governor Uba Sani of Kaduna State, we cannot find those who were actually
in the trenches in the corridors of power today. In actual fact, there had been
near total blackout of pro-democracy activists from the corridors of power from
1999 until the emergence of President Tinubu and Uba Sani in 2023.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #3b7d23; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #3B7D23; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><b><i><span style="background: yellow; color: #3b7d23; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-highlight: yellow; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #3B7D23; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;">"While Tinubu gave
critical logistic support to both the CD and the National Democratic Coalition
(NADECO) in those days, Odion Akhaine was the engine room of the CD, a dynamic
and articulate human rights group that gave the military tyrants sleepless
nights by organizing civil disobedience throughout the country.</span></i></b><b><i><span style="color: #3b7d23; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #3B7D23; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="color: #3b7d23; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #3B7D23; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><b><span style="color: #3b7d23; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #3B7D23; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;">"It is therefore a matter of necessity for President Bola
Ahmed Tinubu to show interest in the candidature of Odion. The camaraderie of
human rights activism should come to the fore when we come across those with
whom we dodged bullets and those with whom we outwitted 'tails' either on the
highways or in the streets in those tough days.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #3b7d23; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #3B7D23; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><b><i><span style="background: yellow; color: #3b7d23; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-highlight: yellow; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #3B7D23; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;">"It is for the same
raison d'etre that MURIC deems it necessary to speak up for Odion Akhaine. We
worked closely with him during the struggle for June 12 and we found him to be
a man of character, a man of immense courage, a man of integrity and, above
all, a great patriot.</span></i></b><b><i><span style="color: #3b7d23; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #3B7D23; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="color: #3b7d23; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #3B7D23; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><b><span style="color: #3b7d23; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #3B7D23; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;">"He may not be a Muslim like us but he is the face of equal
rights, fairplay, justice, democratic rule and the rule of law. Odion Akhaine
is the embodiment of humanity. We endorse him.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #3b7d23; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #3B7D23; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><b><span style="color: #3b7d23; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #3B7D23; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;">"It is true that MURIC protects Allah-given fundamental human
rights of Muslims, but our focus goes beyond the promotion of the interests of
Muslims alone. We will also go to great lengths to identify with and support
men and women of valour, values and character. We will project humanity.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #3b7d23; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #3B7D23; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><b><span style="color: #3b7d23; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #3B7D23; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;">"As the youngest candidate from Edo Central that has only
produced a governor who spent just 18 months in office while other zones in the
state have produced governors who spent 16 and 8 years, justice and fairness
and inclusiveness will be served by picking Odion.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #3b7d23; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #3B7D23; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><b><i><span style="background: yellow; color: #3b7d23; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-highlight: yellow; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #3B7D23; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;">"We therefore call on
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the leadership of the All Progressive Congress
(APC) in Edo and the good people of Edo State to support the candidature of
Professor Odion Akhaine. He is the great treasure without measure that the
party cannot afford to lose in Edo State.</span></i></b><b><i><span style="color: #3b7d23; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #3B7D23; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;"> <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #3b7d23; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #3B7D23; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><b><span style="color: #3b7d23; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #3B7D23; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;">"Let us reward those who sacrificed for democracy but have not
benefitted from it even after 25 years. As we honour the fathers of the
Nigerian nation like Ahmadu Bello, Alhaji Tafawa Balewa, Chief Obafemi Awolowo
and Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe, let us also honour the heroes of democracy, those who
saved us from the wide open jaws of military totalitarianism. Give Odion
Akhaine the chance to serve Edo State." <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #3b7d23; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #3B7D23; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;">#EdoGuberRace<span style="background: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #3b7d23; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #3B7D23; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;">#SupportOdionAkhaine<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #3b7d23; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #3B7D23; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #3b7d23; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #3B7D23; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #3b7d23; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #3B7D23; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;">Professor Ishaq Akintola, <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #3b7d23; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #3B7D23; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;">Executive Director,<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #3b7d23; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #3B7D23; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;">Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC).<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #3b7d23; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #3B7D23; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>MURIChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06331068023399230259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8551226957559491393.post-63894439764736556062024-01-16T19:30:00.000-08:002024-01-16T19:30:51.100-08:00INVESTIGATE EXTRA-JUDICIAL KILLING OF 11 FULANIS IN KADUNA: MURIC TELLS HOUSE COMMITTEE ON ARMY<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1BNnjwjxP-wg0AUD6_n72xCUY3P0jFIP5KXrPFdFCtIGFfG08IxGrlKPrFjLGcGydBMWfdy489gzvVAq1lbYhwHTQilEZBwsAKRoLdrZiLQhv2qcJ9AYTIkzNKpAZwn6yBkNyLaNtsIINPpfOqg4CWs8wmb3FgDsJEFYtYCm1hvHVTQlPWBqE9S66/s225/ARMY.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="225" data-original-width="225" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1BNnjwjxP-wg0AUD6_n72xCUY3P0jFIP5KXrPFdFCtIGFfG08IxGrlKPrFjLGcGydBMWfdy489gzvVAq1lbYhwHTQilEZBwsAKRoLdrZiLQhv2qcJ9AYTIkzNKpAZwn6yBkNyLaNtsIINPpfOqg4CWs8wmb3FgDsJEFYtYCm1hvHVTQlPWBqE9S66/s1600/ARMY.png" width="225" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">17<sup>th</sup>
January, 2024 <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: center;"><b><u><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">PRESS RELEASE:<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><u><span style="color: #0070c0; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">INVESTIGATE
EXTRA-JUDICIAL KILLING OF 11 FULANIS IN KADUNA: MURIC TELLS HOUSE COMMITTEE ON
ARMY<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="background: white; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">The Fulani of </span></strong><strong><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">Tulde Fulbe, Ladduga
Grazing Reserve in Kachia Local Government Area of Kaduna State</span></strong><strong><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"> have accused the Nigerian Army of killing e</span></strong><strong><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">leven</span></strong><strong><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"> of their men after
arresting them. Meanwhile an Islamic human rights organization, the Muslim
Rights Concern (MURIC) has called on the House of Representatives Committee on
Army to investigate the incident. <o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p style="background: white; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></p>
<p style="background: white; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></p>
<p style="background: white; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">In a statement issued on Wednesday, 17<sup>th</sup> January, 2024
by the Executive Director of the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), Professor Ishaq
Akintola, the group demanded full investigation into the alleged extra-judicial
killing.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p style="background: white; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></p>
<p style="background: white; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">The full statement reads :<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p style="background: white; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></p>
<p style="background: white; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">“Eleven Fulani men from </span></strong><strong><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">Tulde Fulbe, Ladduga Grazing Reserve in Kachia Local Government
Area of Kaduna State</span></strong><strong><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"> were allegedly
killed in an extra-judicial manner by soldiers who arrested them under a flimsy
excuse. Their </span></strong><strong><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">decomposing </span></strong><strong><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">bodies</span></strong><strong><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"> were</span></strong><strong><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"> found</span></strong><strong><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"> in a forest located
near an area called </span></strong><strong><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">‘</span></strong><strong><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">Crossing</span></strong><strong><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">’</span></strong><strong><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"> within the local government area</span></strong><strong><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"> </span></strong><strong><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">on Monday</span></strong><strong><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">, 15<sup>th</sup> January, 2024 (</span></strong><b><span style="background: white; color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><a href="https://dailytrust.com/bodies-of-11-fulani-arrested-by-soldiers-found-in-kaduna-forest/"><span style="color: #c04f15; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">https://dailytrust.com/bodies-of-11-fulani-arrested-by-soldiers-found-in-kaduna-forest/</span></a>)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="background: white; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin: 0in; max-width: 100%; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">“The fact that their
bodies were identified by relatives and community members as those of the
Fulani allegedly arrested by soldiers in the area at different times lends
credence to the allegation. This is more than a cock and bull story. <o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="background: white; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="background: white; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">“All the eleven victims were identified as
Safiyanu Adamu, Abdulkadir Idris, Akilu Abdullahi, Ibrahim Abubakar, Magaji
Umar, Said Saleh, Abdulaziz Yusuf, Ibrahim Sani, Musa Dan Asabe, Nura Yusuf and
Nuru Magaji. They were said to have been arrested by soldiers.</span><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p style="background: white; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="background: white; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="background: white; color: #0070c0; font-size: 20.0pt;">“MURIC strongly condemns the profiling
of the Fulani in certain areas of this country. We denounce the targeted killing
of the Fulani race. It smirks of racial cleansing, unwarranted stigmatization and
wanton tribal bigotry. Extra-judicial killing of Fulanis in particular is a
vicious infringement on their Allah-given fundamental human rights to life and
freedom of movement as guaranteed in Section </span></i></b><b><i><span style="color: #0070c0; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">41(1) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of
Nigeria. <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">“Whereas the section
referred to above says <i>inter alia</i>, ‘Every citizen of Nigeria is entitled
to move freely throughout Nigeria and to reside in any part thereof…’, the
Fulani are hounded from pillar to post. From the South East to the South West,
from the plateau to the forests of Kaduna, nowhere is safe for the Fulani race.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">“We invoke </span></b><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">Article 14 Section 2(b) of the1999 Constitution
of the Federal Republic of Nigeria which states that ‘the security and welfare
of the people shall be the primary purpose of government’ to ask the Federal
Government to protect the Fulani who have become an endangered specie throughout
the country. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="color: #0070c0; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">“MURIC charges the House of Representatives Committee on the Army
to wade into this recent killing. Our people deserve to enjoy the freedom
promised by the politicians during the campaigns. Where are the House members
from Kaduna State? We call them out loud and clear. The extra-judicial killing
of eleven Fulanis of </span></i></b><strong><i><span style="color: #0070c0; font-size: 20.0pt;">Tulde Fulbe, Ladduga Grazing Reserve in Kachia Local Government
Area of Kaduna State</span></i></strong><b><i><span style="color: #0070c0; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"> must be fully investigated and the culprits brought to book.”<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">#FulaniLivesMatter<span style="background: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">#ElevenTuldeFulbeFulanis<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">#HouseCommitteeOnArmy<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">Professor Ishaq Akintola, <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">Executive Director,<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC).<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #c04f15; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C04F15; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>MURIChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06331068023399230259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8551226957559491393.post-54903676809008492632024-01-14T23:53:00.000-08:002024-01-14T23:53:23.929-08:00GOV ADELEKE SHOULD OPEN A DANCE SCHOOL – MURIC<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT6MyvNwr87U1dsvICPP-0kU5kJNgjmYd12JR1uaNWTl-gz6_Vsu55QXqesdjBc1nOdQswQ2DjiA5aHDYhS3mbYsEaIjg9xI2zeqFVoqJGYkVKNzifAEO7PksobIO6nnoo5tbb9cElzZeHbv6upgdHusu40EbEDiQUnvF6iK8sGFqulsK1u52fa6my/s164/ADELEKE%20GREEN%20CAP.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="130" data-original-width="164" height="130" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT6MyvNwr87U1dsvICPP-0kU5kJNgjmYd12JR1uaNWTl-gz6_Vsu55QXqesdjBc1nOdQswQ2DjiA5aHDYhS3mbYsEaIjg9xI2zeqFVoqJGYkVKNzifAEO7PksobIO6nnoo5tbb9cElzZeHbv6upgdHusu40EbEDiQUnvF6iK8sGFqulsK1u52fa6my/s1600/ADELEKE%20GREEN%20CAP.jpg" width="164" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: fuchsia; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-highlight: fuchsia;">15<sup>th</sup> January
2024 <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 115%; text-align: center;"><b><u><span style="background: fuchsia; color: #222222; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: fuchsia;">PRESS RELEASE:<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 115%; text-align: center;"><b><u><span style="background: aqua; color: #222222; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: aqua;">GOV ADELEKE SHOULD OPEN A DANCE SCHOOL – MURIC<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: fuchsia; color: #222222; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: fuchsia;">An Islamic human rights organization, the Muslim Rights
Concern (MURIC), has advised Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State to open a
dance school. The group said such an institution will be the governor's legacy
in the state.<u><o:p></o:p></u></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: fuchsia; color: #222222; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: fuchsia;">The advice was given in a statement issued on Monday,
15th January, 2024 by the group's Executive Director, Professor Ishaq Akintola.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: fuchsia; color: #222222; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: fuchsia;">He said:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: fuchsia; color: #222222; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: fuchsia;">"The governor of Osun State, Ademola Adeleke, has
become popular with his dancing skill. He shows off his skill at every given
opportunity, at public functions and official sittings. It is one thing that he
takes great joy in doing.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: fuchsia; color: #222222; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: fuchsia;">"We admit that even his opponents admire his skill
while his supporters are thrilled by his dancing. One can never have a dull
moment with Governor Adeleke around. He does it with passion and takes great
pride in it. Such skill should not be allowed to waste away.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="background: aqua; color: #222222; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: aqua;">"It is for this reason we will like to suggest to the
governor to bequeath his skill to the youth of Osun State by opening a dance
school. In the alternative, the governor can inject powerful doses of
government investment in the arts department of the Osun State University with
special bias for dancing.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: fuchsia; color: #222222; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: fuchsia;">"Such investment may catapult the state's tourism
and entertainment to the highest pedestal among other states of the federation.
It will also increase its internally generated revenue (IGR). This is one way
Osun can make the best of the present situation. Adeleke has a potential legacy
already."<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: fuchsia; color: #222222; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: fuchsia;">#Adeleke</span></b><b><span style="background: fuchsia; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: fuchsia; mso-shading: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: fuchsia; color: #222222; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: fuchsia;">#OpenDanceSchool<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: fuchsia; color: black; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: fuchsia; mso-shading: white;">Professor Ishaq
Akintola, </span></b><b><span style="background: fuchsia; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: fuchsia; mso-shading: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: fuchsia; color: black; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: fuchsia; mso-shading: white;">Executive Director,</span></b><b><span style="background: fuchsia; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: fuchsia; mso-shading: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: fuchsia; color: black; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: fuchsia; mso-shading: white;">Muslim Rights Concern
(MURIC).</span></b><b><span style="background: white; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 20.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>MURIChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06331068023399230259noreply@blogger.com0