CHRISTIAN TERRORISTS CAPTURED IN PLATEAU MUST FACE FULL WRATH OF THE LAW - MURIC

 

MUSLIM RIGHTS CONCERN (MURIC)

‎هيئة حقوق المسلمين

‎Motto: Dialogue, Not Violence

‎‎21^st April, 2026

‎‎PRESS RELEASE:

‎‎CHRISTIAN TERRORISTS CAPTURED IN PLATEAU MUST FACE FULL WRATH OF THE LAW - MURIC

‎‎Men of Operation Enduring Peace, one of the code names of troops of the Nigerian Army maintaining security in the country's hotbeds have reportedly arrested nine suspected militia members responsible for targeted killings in Plateau State.

‎‎The arrests allegedly took place on Saturday, 18^th April 2026. Arms and ammunition were also recovered during the operation in Riyom Local Government Area of Plateau State. 

‎‎Reacting to the arrests, a civil liberties organization, the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), has warned that the case must not be swept under the carpet. While hailing the Nigerian Army, the group said the arrested individuals must face the full wrath of the law.

‎‎MURIC spoke via its Executive Director, Professor Ishaq Akintola, who issued a statement on Tuesday, 21^st April, 2026.

‎‎The statement reads:

‎‎"Gallant Nigerian troops of Operation Enduring Peace, one of the code names of troops of the Nigerian Army maintaining security in the country's hotbeds have reportedly arrested nine suspected militia members responsible for targeted killings in Plateau State. (https://www.thecable.ng/troops-arrest-nine-suspected-militia-members-in-plateau-recover-weapons/).

‎‎"Eight of the suspects were identified as Gyang Dantoro, Samson Davou, Choji Yakubu, Vincent Adamu, Pam Dalyop, Femi Badung, Jacob Musa, and Choji Chaga. All the suspects are Berom and residents of Danwal.

‎‎"Arms and ammunition recovered from the suspects include three motorcycles, one pistol, one submachine gun, one locally made revolver, one rifle, 20 rounds of pistol ammunition, and one locally fabricated rifle.

“MURIC hails the Nigerian Army for this feat. We are horrified by the sophisticated weapons seized during the raid. We note in particular the submachine gun, a deadly weapon capable of firing up to 1,400 bullets within minutes! It is used only during war. Who do the Christian Berom militia want to wipe out? The answer is not far-fetched: Plateau Muslims who they refer to as non-indigenes.

‎‎"Although we have always maintained that there are terrorists among the Christians of Berom tribe in Plateau State (https://www.nairaland.com/4768579/pampering-berom-christian-terrorists-muric), the latest discovery has helped to vindicate us. 

‎‎"The signs have always been there particularly going by the number of Muslim individuals and groups who have disappeared in that zone, including hundreds of Muslim travellers who have been killed in the state.

‎‎"The recurring decimal of gun factory discoveries is also a major indicator of the violence targeting Muslim communities although fabricated narratives like those of Reverend Dachomo try to mislead observers.

‎‎"Apart from the South East, there is no zone where illegal gun factories have been found in large numbers like Plateau and Benue. We can back our claim with evidence.

‎‎"Nigerian troops raided an illegal arms factory in Heipang District of Barkin Ladi Local Government Area, Plateau State on 17^th September, 2025. (https://prnigeria.com/2025/09/18/troops-raid-illegal-arm). Similarly, on 14^th February, 2024, another gun manufacturing factory was busted by soldiers in the Mangu Local Government area of the state. The factory owner, one Nuhu Meshack, is reportedly on the run ‎(https://www.arise.tv/nigerian-military-busts-gun-manufacturing-factory-in-plateau/).

“In November 2023, a cache of arms was recovered at another illegal arms factory located at Vom, Jos South Local Government Area of Plateau State. Two individuals Micheal Dung (33 years old) and Yusuf Pam (43 years) were both apprehended, at the illegal factory (‎https://www.channelstv.com/2023/11/05/troops-recover-cache-of-arms-at-illegal-weapon-manufacturing-factory-in-plateau/).

“Again, Mr. Tapshak Plangji, 25, was arrested at another illegal arms factory in Pakachi Village, Mangu local government area of Plateau State. That was two years ago (‎https://leadership.ng/troops-find-another-arms-factory-in-plateau/).

“We can go on and on because internet’s memory is ad infinitum particularly with more evidence from Benue which has similar characteristics of secretly killing the Muslims in their midst. But our audience cannot stomach the length.

“In view of the notoriety of some Christian leaders and individuals of Plateau State for collusion and official cover-ups in matters like this, there is need to remind those authorities of massive public interest in this case in particular. The case of the Plateau nine must not be withdrawn from court.

“Nigerians are no longer interested in the Plateau drama queens who dance naked around corpses to deceive security agents. We are also watching the governor of Plateau State for any sign of executive cover. Christian governors of the Middle Belt must eschew the culture of killing serious cases involving Christian terrorists.

‎“Rev. Dachomo can see for himself that all those involved in the current case are his kinsmen. He cannot disown them. It drives home the point that ‎Christian genocide narrative is more or less a pot calling kettle black affair. Our Christian neighbours are adept at accusing Muslims of crimes they themselves are committing just to divert attention. Nigerians are not surprised that there is no single Fulani or Muslim name on the list.”

‎‎#Plateau9

#AllChristianTerrorists

‎#Plateau9MustFaceTheLaw

‎#ChristianGunFactories

‎

‎Professor Ishaq Akintola,

‎Founder/Executive Director,

‎Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC).

 

DELIST JAMB CENTERS FALLING FOUL OF HIJAB LAW – MURIC

 

MUSLIM RIGHTS CONCERN (MURIC)

‎هيئة حقوق المسلمين

‎Motto: Dialogue, Not Violence

18^th April, 2026

‎PRESS RELEASE:

‎DELIST JAMB CENTERS FALLING FOUL OF HIJAB LAW – MURIC

‎‎A civil liberties organization, the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), has called for the delisting of examination centres where acts of hijab discrimination occurred during the ongoing examination of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The group also demanded sanctions against any official found culpable.‎

‎MURIC's demand came on the heels of a viral video clip showing embarrassing moments when a Muslim candidate of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) examination was publicly harassed and disallowed from entering the examination centre at the Esther Oshikoya CBT Centre, Ibadan.

‎‎According to MURIC in a statement circulated to the media on Saturday, 18^th April, 2026 by its Executive Director, Professor Ishaq Akintola:

‎‎"Nigerians were stunned as they watched a video clip in which female Muslim candidates, including one Fatimah Salaudeen, were forced to remove their hijab as a condition for entry into the examination Hall at the Esther Oshikoya CBT Centre, along Sango–Eleyele Road, Ibadan, Oyo State on Friday, 17th April, 2026 (https://punchng-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/punchng.com/jamb-blames-overzealous-ad-hoc-staff-member-for-hijab-incident-at-ibadan-cbt-centre/).

‎‎"This action is emblematic of the notorious scenario in apartheid South Africa where ‘Dogs and Blacks Not Allowed’ was the common notice found in swimming pools and other public places. They appear to be telling Nigerians that University education is for Christians only. Those who practice it are therefore committing crime against humanity.

‎‎"JAMB itself must be commended for criminalising the profiling of hijab at CBT centers. It is on record that the examination body openly declared its allergy for hijab discrimination (See: Hijab discrimination not part of JAMB examination protocol – Official https://crimechannels.com/hijab-discrimination-not-part-of-jamb-examination-protocol-official/).

‎‎"Notwithstanding this red alert, some operators still allowed this criminal act to take place. For proper situational experimentation, we need to visualise what happens when a girl-child is disallowed from entering the examination hall. One can imagine how disturbed and disorganised the female Muslim candidates will be. It will definitely affect their composure for the exam.

“Their educational future immediately hangs in the balance. Their chances of passing the examination are drastically reduced because they are kept waiting outside the examination hall while other candidates continue writing.

“John Dewey, the American philosopher, once described democracy as equal opportunity. But where is the ‘equal opportunity’ for the Nigerian Muslim girl-child as she is turned to a subject of mockery, harassment and humiliation by Nigerian Christians at the entrance of JAMB examination hall? To this extent, democracy in Nigeria is a joke until the fundamental human right of the Muslim girl-child is enforced by governments at all levels.

‎‎"Unfortunately, nobody remembers to give the poor girl in hijab who has been denied entry any extra time by the time the matter is resolved and she is allowed to enter and start the examination. This is usually long after other candidates have started the examination and some may have finished. It shows that the candidates have not been given a level playing field. Hijab discrimination is therefore unfair, unjust and inhuman.

‎‎"It is alarming that Nigerian Christians are still stereotyping and persecuting the Muslim girl-child several years after the Supreme Court judgement upheld the use of hijab as constitutional simply because she is a Muslim. This reflects absence of religious tolerance, lack of respect for the rule of law and impunity of the highest order.

‎‎"The state governments of the South-West stand to be blamed for failing to act, for failing to enforce court judgements which support hijab and for failing to punish those who oppress and persecute the hijab-wearing Muslim girl-child. The silence of all the six state governors of the South-West in particular on the refusal of Christians in the region to allow Muslim girls to freely use hijab in spite of court rulings is deafening and it borders on irresponsibility, hypocrisy and executive recklessness.

‎‎"It is didactic to note that all the current Yoruba governors are Christians and none of them has spoken against this religious persecution. The principle of vicarious liability indicts these governors. They have enabled criminality, aided and abetted impunity and encouraged contempt of court.

‎‎"Are they waiting for the day Yoruba Muslims will take their destiny into their hands by rioting over hijab persecution? That day may not be too far away but they must blame themselves for their lackadaisical attitude on the issue. They always find it convenient to look the other way when Muslims are at the receiving end.

‎‎"MURIC demands that operators of CBT centres, JAMB ad hoc staff and security personnel in centres where acts of hijab discrimination occur must be castigated. The centres in particular should be delisted. The centre operators should not be allowed to claim ignorance (their usual excuse) because they are vicariously liable (unless they show written evidence of instructions to the contrary passed to those who committed the offence.

“MURIC wants to see accountability. We want to see respect for the rule of law. Rules are meant to be implemented for social order otherwise we are inviting commotion. By their attitude towards hijab, some Christians in position of authority continue to show that they have no regard for the rule of law.

“Due to the pro-Christian structure of Nigeria and an anti-Muslim legacy bequeathed to the nation by the Christian colonial masters and contemporary neo-imperialists, Nigerian Christians appear to have the wrong impression that all official matters in Nigeria must follow church rules.

“They see education as Christian education and legal matters as Christian law only to the exclusion of Muslim Shari’ah law. Nay, they also see Christians only as those who have the right to take WAEC and JAMB examinations. Any Muslim seeking education must drop all vestiges of Islam in him or her! His way of worship, his Islamic identity, his Muslim name, his manner of dressing, everything…just like the French total and categorical ‘assimilation’.

“Ceteris paribus, MURIC is of the opinion that the woman who removed Fatima’s hijab and probably the school also, should hear from our lawyer once we establish irrefutable locus standi in order to serve as deterrent to others. That will make other centres who have the same mindset about Muslims know that it is not going to be business as usual any longer.

“We warn that profiling and persecuting Muslims in Nigeria from now on is an invitation to bedlam. We appeal to Christian authorities not to push Muslim youths to the wall. To this end, we are drawing up a list of violators of the religious freedom of Muslims in Nigeria. Persecutors of Muslims on account of hijab and other civil rights will be top on the list which we intend to send to the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) and the United Nations.

‎#JAMB

#United Nations

# National Human Rights Commission

#LASG #OGSG #OYSG #OSSG #ODSG #EKSG

‎

‎Professor Ishaq Akintola,

‎Founder/Executive Director,

‎Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC).

 

SOUTH WEST 2027: NO MUSLIM CANDIDATE, NO VOTE – MURIC

 

MUSLIM RIGHTS CONCERN (MURIC)

‎هيئة حقوق المسلمين

‎Motto: Dialogue, Not Violence

‎‎12^th April, 2026

PRESS RELEASE:

‎‎SOUTH WEST 2027: NO MUSLIM CANDIDATE, NO VOTE – MURIC

‎‎An Islamic human rights organization, the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), has advised political parties in the South West to field Muslim candidates if they want Muslims to vote for them. 

‎‎The group insists that Muslim governors must emerge in four states of the South West, namely, Lagos, Ogun, Oyo and Osun while it demands the emergence of Muslims as deputy governors in Ekiti and Ondo. 

‎‎Political parties in Ekiti and Ondo, MURIC insists, must give Muslims the post of deputy governor if they want Muslims to vote for their parties. The group describes this as inclusive governance. 

‎‎This was contained in a press statement issued on Sunday, 12th April, 2026 by the Executive Director of the organization, Professor Ishaq Akintola. 

‎‎The statement expatiates:

‎‎"Although Muslims constitute the majority in Yorubaland, the political leadership space of the region has been hijacked  by Yoruba Christians since 2023. No single space was left for Yoruba Muslims.  Sanwo-Olu seized Lagos, Abiodun commandeered Ogun, Makinde took Oyo by storm while Adeleke wrestled Osun from Isiaka Oyetola. It was exclusivity par excellence with Muslims as mere onlookers while our common patrimony was shared behind our backs. 

‎‎"That was not all. Ekiti and Ondo States succumbed easily to Christian governors.  Of course that was not a surprise because Muslims are just between 35 and 40% in those two states. In essence, today, the whole of Southern Nigeria, with 17 states, has no single Muslim governor. Yet these are the same people who are spreading the false, fictitious and baseless propaganda of Islamisation of Nigeria.

‎‎"Meanwhile the Christian governors did not fail to show us the stuff Christians are made of when in government. This was done either through absolute monopolisation of all political posts like commissioners and board chairmen, particularly in Ekiti and Ondo states. It was ruthless marginalisation. 

‎‎"Even in states where Muslims form the majority, the distribution of political posts showed unfair leaning towards Christianity. In Lagos, Sanwo-Olu gave Christians 43 commissioner posts but he conceded a meager 14 to Muslims.  Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State gave Christians 16 but he gave Muslims 4 only.  Seyi Makinde of Oyo State gave Christians 10 but gave Muslims 6 only. 

‎‎"The controversial governor of Osun State, Ademola Adeleke, gave Christians 17 while Muslims got 7 only. Ondo gave Christians 15 against only 2 Muslims while  Christians took 24 in Ekiti. The Muslims had only one commissioner there. 

‎‎"This assymetrical distribution of political posts has far-reaching effects. For instance, it is an open secret that socio-economic patronage depends on where the cat jumps.‎

‎"Employment and employability, access to government interventions like health facilities, distribution of palliatives, official information about vacancies, contracts, etc, come from government sources and the more authorities a group has in government circles the better for its lot.

‎‎"Therefore, South West Muslims have been at the receiving end of political marginalization, economic impoverishment and social deprivation in the last three years. There is also incontestable evidence that Christian governors have used their positions to wrongly and illegally impose Christians as traditional rulers in the region. 

‎‎"Incidentally, Muslims in the region have not been oblivious of all these excesses. Instead of adopting violence or any other unconventional method, they have waited patiently to effect constitutional change. The 2027 general election which is fast approaching provides the right opportunity to vent their spleen. They have taken a position. 

‎‎"While they are not supporting any particular candidate or political party, South West Muslims are saying any political party which fails to present a Muslim as its gubernatorial candidate should kiss Muslim votes goodbye. 

‎‎"In clear language, Yoruba Muslims are saying 'Give us Muslim candidates if you want our votes. Christians have ruled for too long. Enough is enough. Give us Muslim governors.'

‎‎"MURIC rejects the lame excuse that Christian candidates are being picked because political parties could not find qualified Muslim candidates. This excuse is deceitful, escapist and therefore unacceptable.

‎‎"Skills abound all over Yorubaland and Nigeria as a whole. Any political party that consciously desires to create a level playing ground for both Christians and Muslims will spread its tentacles and smoke out capable Muslims (if necessary).   We therefore find it necessary to reiterate our position: 'No Muslim Candidate in the South West, No Vote.'"

‎‎#SouthWest2027

‎#GiveUsMuslimCandidates

‎#NoMuslimCandidateNoVote

‎#MuslimGovernors

‎

‎Professor Ishaq Akintola, 

‎Founder/Executive Director, 

‎Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC).

 

SOS: SAVE SUKUNTUNI MUSLIM COMMUNITY FROM BANDITS - MURIC

 

MUSLIM RIGHTS CONCERN (MURIC)

‎هيئة حقوق المسلمين

‎Motto: Dialogue, Not Violence

‎‎8^th April, 2026

PRESS RELEASE:

‎SOS: SAVE SUKUNTUNI MUSLIM COMMUNITY FROM BANDITS - MURIC

‎‎The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has sent a Save Our Soul (SOS) message to the authorities to rescue the Muslim community of Sukuntuni, Kankiya Local Government area of Katsina State from bandits. According to MURIC, the whole community has fled the area after bandits sent a letter to them.

‎‎This was disclosed in a statement issued on Wednesday, 8^th April, 2026 by the Executive Director of the human rights organization, Professor Ishaq Akintola.

‎‎The full details as contained in the press release:

‎‎"We are in possession of a video clip showing a large number of Muslims fleeing their communities in Sukuntuni, Kankiya Local Government area of Katsina State. The affected communities stretch from Kankiya to Musawa, Chuga and Matazu.

 “Reports say the raison d'etre for their flight was a letter purportedly sent to them by bandits demanding 700 cows and 1,000 sheep to avoid an invasion. The letter which was received on Monday, 6^th April, 2026 gave the Muslims Friday, 10^th April as the ultimatum.

‎‎"Panic stricken, the whole communities of Muslim residents decided to escape from the area before the Friday deadline. They were seen in their hundreds trekking to nowhere, melancholy, grief-stricken, looking for safe shelter. Our hearts bleed.  Who did this to Nigeria?

‎‎"MURIC charges President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to give priority to the question of insecurity. As we speak, Borno homes are replete with orphans and widows. The walls of Katsina are falling. Sokoto is reeling from pressure. Rivers of blood flow on the streets of Jos, Makurdi and Lokoja. Lagos still holds its breath and trembles from fear of the unknown.

‎‎"According to Section 14(2)(b) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, the security and welfare of the Nigerian people shall be the primary purpose of government.

‎‎"Mr. President, sir, you asked for this job and you readily inherited the assets and paraphernalia of government. You cannot avoid the liabilities. They are absolutely yours and the bulk stops at your table.

‎‎"To the honourable Minister of Defense, we have a duty to interrogate the way and manner you do your job. Muslim communities are bleeding and the Muslim Rights Concern is concerned. We are concerned that thousands of Muslim women wearing hijab are trekking on desolate roads, driven from their ancestral homes. Honouranle Minister, sir, if you minister, minister very well. If you are in charge of defence, defend very well.

‎‎"We call the attention of all and sundry, particularly the pundits of Christian genocide, that the people threatened by bandits in Sukuntuni, Katsina State and consequently driven from their homes are Muslims. So are thousands killed or kidnapped in Borno, Sokoto, Zamfara, etc.

‎‎"Muslims constitute the larger number of victims of terrorism and banditry. The narrative of Christian genocide is sheer myth, a fallacy, a sham. No attacks are targeted at any particular faith. Mosques are attacked just as churches are attacked. Attacks on schools have proved our theory of crowd mentality right. Terrorists prefer to attack large crowds where they stand to reap more. It is sheer criminality. No more, no less."

‎‎#Katsina

‎#Sukuntuni

‎#NigerianArmy

‎#SOS

 

‎‎Professor Ishaq Akintola,

‎Founder/Executive Director,

‎Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC).

 

AMUPITAN MUST GO: HE IS A THREAT TO RELIGIOUS HARMONY - MURIC

 

MUSLIM RIGHTS CONCERN (MURIC)

‎هيئة حقوق المسلمين

‎Motto: Dialogue, Not Violence

‎‎6^th April, 2026

‎PRESS RELEASE:

‎‎AMUPITAN MUST GO: HE IS A THREAT TO RELIGIOUS HARMONY - MURIC

·      ‎‎Replace him with a tolerant Christian

‎A non-govermental, non-profit making, faith-based, civil liberties group, the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), has again demanded the sack of the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Joash Amupitan.

‎‎MURIC's grouse with INEC chairman is the toxic 80-page legal brief authored by the professor which was one of the major documents used by the United States of America to indict Nigeria on the highly controversial and volatile issue of Christian genocide.

‎‎MURIC said:

‎‎"We are highly disappointed with both the Federal Government (FG) and Professor Joash Amupitan for their graveyard silence over the demand of the Nigerian Muslim Community that the INEC boss should be removed for penning the toxic 80-page legal brief which was one of the major documents used by the United States of America to indict Nigeria on the highly controversial and volatile issue of Christian genocide.

‎‎"We are especially disappointed that FG has elected to ignore calls to sack the INEC boss made by several Islamic organizations in the country. It is lack of sensitivity.

‎‎"As far as Nigerian Muslims are concerned, Joash Amupitan has become personna non grata to our own vision of the Nigerian electoral architecture. Even the PVC revalidation exercise being planned by him is seen by us as a trap where prospective Muslim voters will be massively disenfranchised.

‎‎"Amupitan has become an electoral burden to INEC, a human landmine and the personification of existential threat to Nigerian Muslim voters.

‎‎"He sold Nigeria once. He will sell Nigeria again. Anyone who invites imperialists into the internal affairs of his country deserves treason-related scrutiny. We hereby declare a vote of no confidence in the current INEC boss. FG should replace him with a tolerant Christian. To us, Amupitan is a live wire, highly combustible.

‎‎"Even if FG did not act, he is expected to have voluntarily resigned with the gravity of the allegation leveled against him. That would have been integrity activated. But Amupitan continues to hang on to a loose string from a spider's web in spite of the grave allegation staring him in the face.

‎‎"Nigeria cannot advance in any notable field if people like Amupitan continue to revel in the infamous sit-tight syndrome. The INEC boss should know when the party is over. He should know very well that he could not have been appointed to that sensitive office if his pathological hatred for Muslims had been known earlier, particularly his ignoble role in pushing the false, misleading and malicious Christian genocide narrative.

‎‎"Amupitan should have resigned honourably after the lid was blown off the entire thing. But he held on, desperately. The most interesting aspect of all these is that our INEC boss has not denied involvement to date. Observers are miffed by his silence because it is only in Nigeria that such impunity thrives. People resign from office in other climes over such scandals and misdeeds.

‎‎The list of those who resigned from public offices over scandals in more civilised environments include Rep. Jim Wright (House Speaker 1989), Rep. Bob Livingston (Speaker 1998), British Prime Minister Boris Johnson (over the 'Pincher scandal' and 'Partygate' 2022) and more recently, in January 2025, Treasury Minister Tulip Siddiq resigned over questions regarding her financial ties to the ousted Bangladeshi leader.

‎‎"But never in Nigeria where sit-tight syndrome is the order of the day. Perhaps the INEC boss thinks we would soon get tired of the matter. Hiw wrong can he be! On the contrary, we are just starting. Aluta continua, victoria acerta. We welcome Professor Joash Amupitan to 'genocidegate'.

‎‎"Nigeria has never had a worse umpire at the helm of our electoral affairs. He is a living embodiment of Muslim-Christian dichotomy. He is therefore a potent threat to religious harmony. It is hard for Muslims to contemplate forgiveness with Amupitan as the electoral umpire. Amupitan must go!"

‎‎#AmupitanMustGo

‎#Genocidegate

‎#INECBoss

‎

‎Professor Ishaq Akintola,

‎Founder/Executive Director,

‎Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC).

 

Stop the Emotional Blackmail: South West Muslims Deserve Fair Governorship Representation

 

MUSLIM RIGHTS CONCERN (MURIC), OGUN STATE CHAPTER

هيئة حقوق المسلمين

MOTTO: DIALOGUE, NOT VIOLENCE

Friday, April 3^rd 2026  

 Stop the Emotional Blackmail: South West Muslims Deserve Fair Governorship Representation 

At a critical moment when political parties are making far-reaching decisions on candidates for the forthcoming gubernatorial elections across Southwest Nigeria, the call for justice, equity, and fairness must not be drowned by sentiments, bias, or emotional manipulation.

The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), Ogun State Chapter has once again reaffirmed its position, fairness must prevail in the distribution of political leadership, particularly in Osun,Ekiti, Ondo ,Oyo, Lagos, and Ogun States.

This position was contained in a statement issued by the State Chairman, Ustaadh Tajudeen Jimoh Alao AAN AMC, and made public by the State Secretary, Ambassador Olaleye Rasheed Damilare.

It reads:

Today, we find it necessary to extend our voice to states like Ondo,Oyo, Ekiti, Osun, Lagos, and Ogun, where Christian candidates have consistently emerged and continued to dominate the political space, calling for a more inclusive and balanced representation that reflects the diversity of the people in these regions.

However, fairness demands balance. In Ogun State, where leadership is currently under a Christian governor, justice and equity require that a Muslim should be given the opportunity to be the next governor. 

This is not a demand born out of bias, but a call for inclusiveness and equal representation.

In Lagos State, history is clear. Following the tenure of Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola, the state has experienced over a decade of Christian leadership at the helm. True fairness dictates that Muslims should now be given the chance to lead for the next phase of governance. 

Similarly, Oyo State has witnessed a pattern that calls for reflection. As 2027 approaches, it is only just and equitable that Muslims are given a fair opportunity to occupy the governorship seat.

It is both unfortunate and misleading that calls for fairness are often twisted into narratives of division or political sponsorship.* 

Let it be clearly stated: MURIC is not sponsored by any politician or political machinery.

We are not enemies of the government. We are not enemies of our Christian brothers and sisters.

What we stand for is simple and universal: justice, fairness, and peaceful coexistence.

Those who attempt to reduce this call to mere religious agitation miss the point entirely.

This is not about religion, it is about humanity. It is about building a society where no group feels marginalized, overlooked, or silenced.* 

A nation that fails to recognize the rights of all its people cannot truly progress.

And where there is no justice, there can be no peace.

Where there is no peace, development becomes nothing but an illusion.

We urge political stakeholders, party leaders, and the good people of Southwest Nigeria to rise above sentiments, manipulation, and emotional blackmail.

Let fairness guide decisions. Let justice shape the future. Let equity define our democracy.

Only then can we build a society where every citizen, regardless of belief, feels seen, valued, and represented.

Signed 

Ustadh Tajudeen Jimoh Alao, AAN, AMC,   Ambassador Olaleye Rasheed Damilare

 Chairman,                                                      Secretary,

MURIC Ogun State Chapter                           MURIC, Ogun State Chapter