2nd December, 2022
PRESS
RELEASE:
FIND ATTACKERS OF UGHELLI CENTRAL MOSQUE – MURIC
Gunmen
attacked a mosque at Ugelli, Delta State, yesterday 2nd December,
2022. They shot eleven Muslim worshippers and kidnapped the Imam. Meanwhile the
Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has condemned the attack. The group called on
security agents to fish out the perpetrators and rescue the abducted Imam.
This was
disclosed in a statement issued on Saturday, 3rd December, 2022 by
the director of MURIC, Professor Ishaq Akintola.
The statement
reads:
“The Imam of Ughelli
Central Mosque, Mallam Muhammadu Sani, was yesterday whisked away by gunmen who
attacked the mosque. Eleven worshippers were also shot. The gunmen stormed the
Mosque located at Otovwievwiere Street in Okorodafe axis of Ughelli by 6 am
yesterday, Friday, 2nd December, 2022.
“This is a dastardly
act that must be condemned by all right-thinking people and we condemn it in
the strongest terms. It is another evidence of hate crimes targeted at Muslims
in the South East in recent time. It will be recalled that the Secretary of the
Delta State Muslim Council, Mallam Musa Ugasa, a resident of Ughelli, was
brutally killed earlier this year by yet to be identified persons.
“Those who
claim that only Christians are being killed in Nigeria have many questions to
answer. Shaykh Ibrahim Iyiorji was killed in Isu, Onicha Local Government of
Ebonyi State on 4th September, 2022. Seven Muslims were killed in Orogie,
Owerri, Imo State on 5th August, 2022.
“Another four
Muslims were killed in Umuaka, near Orlu on 4th April, 2021. Again,
another set of eleven innocent Muslims were mowed down by gunmen in Port Harcourt
and Orlu on 20th October, 2020. Five other Muslims were also killed near
the popular Abraka market in Asaba, Delta State on 15th September,
2017. The list is endless.
“The latest
attack on Ughelli Central Mosque is one too many. MURIC calls on the
Commissioner of Police in Delta State Ari Muhammed Ali, to fish out the
perpetrators. Muslims have become endangered species not only in Delta State
but in the entire South East. The trend must be arrested.”
Professor Ishaq Akintola,
Director,
Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC)
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