21st May,
2022
PRESS RELEASE:
FRESH BLASPHEMY IN OSUN: ARREST AKINTARO NOW – MURIC
The Osun State Chapter of
the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has called the attention of security
agencies and well-meaning Nigerians to the misdemeanors of Pastor Akintaro
Joshua Ojo over his recent utterances which are capable of plummeting Osun and
the entire South West Nigeria into chaos and religious war.
Just few days into mourning
Deborah whose brutal killing MURIC condemned along with her senseless and
audacious act of blasphemy, and as if that was not enough, a pastor by name Akintaro
Joshua released an audio tape raining insults on Allah (The Supreme Creator),
Islam, the Qur'an, and The Noble prophet of Islam Muhammad (Peace and blessings
of Allah be upon him (SAW), an effrontery far more dangerous than one could
imagine and which no sane Muslim can stomach.
Some of his provocative utterances as heard in the
audio-visual clip are: ‘We are not as stupid as your Muhammad’; ‘Your Muhammad
is a sinner’; ‘There is nothing called Allah or Jibril. Muhammad is the one
bearing those names’; ‘Go and tell your leader, Muhammad’s brain is dark and he
is daft’; ‘Why call Muhammad ‘holy’, He is not Holy Prophet’.
Akintaro did not only
release his rancorous and venomous audio, he also went ahead to include his two
mobile numbers which are: 08034201859 and 08188898410 for whoever wants to
attack him but nay, we won't take laws into our hands and we urge all Muslims
in Osun State to allow the security agencies to handle this man’s case.
The South West Nigeria is a
more delicate area because of its fair share of both Muslims and Christians and
any religious war in the zone could possibly wipe out millions of lives.
MURIC has continued to
wonder what actually Akintaro wants to achieve in the South West by uttering
such slanderous, heinous, malicious,derogatory, and egregious statements about
our Lord, Allah, our Prophet Muhammad (SAW), our religion, Islam, and our book,
the Glorious Qur'an.
Is it to incite Muslims against Christians? Is it to
catalyse another jungle justice? Is it to frustrate the coming elections in
Osun? Is it to mar the economic activities in the region? Or is it to destroy
the infrastructures in place by inciting a religious war? All these questions
and more keep begging for answers.
The Osun State chapter of
MURIC calls for calm among several Muslim communities in the state. Please do
not take the law into your hand but remain law abiding.
We call on the Osun State
Police Command and other law enforcement agencies to quickly wade in lest we
witness another mayhem and loss of lives in the South West.
The Osun State chapter of
MURIC and the entire Muslim community in the state will not allow Akintaro to
mismatch our gentility for cowardice nor heat the polity of Osun especially,
when the State election is around the corner. Therefore, instead of organising
mob attack, we will allow the law to take its due course.
In line with MURIC's avowed motto which is 'Dialogue, No
Violence', MURIC headquarters in Lagos has directed that we should sue
Akintaro. He will meet us in court. This is apart from whatever action the
security agencies will take against him.
We hereby, call on the
Government of the State of Osun, the DSS, all security agencies and most
especially, the Commissioner of Police to immediately arrest the said culprit
and charge him to court for his blasphemous positions on Allah (The Creator),
our Prophet Muhammad, The Qur'an, and Islam. Akintaro must be arrested for
attempting to plunge the state into chaos.
Action against Akintaro by the security agencies must be swift
and transparent in order to placate angry Muslims. It is the failure of
security agents to take action against such blasphemers and trouble-makers in
the past which made Muslims in the country to lose confidence in them. It
eventually led to self help, jungle justice and mob action which MURIC will
never encourage because we are a peace-loving and law-abiding organization. It is our hope that the security agencies will do the
needful.
Above all, the man needs to
be in protective custody because his highly explosive audio-visual messages
have gone viral on social media. Security agents will be helping him if he is
quickly arrested because Muslims in the state are already provoked, and rightly
so. They are most likely to get more angry if they see him walking freely on
the streets.
This is to enable justice
be served on Akintaro Joshua and to possibly tame others in his shoes before
another religious war erupts.
Dr. AbdulAzeez Ademokoya,
Chairman,
Muslim Rights Concern
(MURIC)
Osun Chapter.
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