By Adeola Badru
The League of Imams and Alfas in Yorubaland has warned Nigerians against recognising or supporting any newly formed association claiming to represent the body, declaring that it has no connection whatsoever with ongoing fundraising campaigns, launches or activities being organised by certain individuals and groups across the South-West.
The League, regarded as the apex Islamic body representing Imams, Alfas and the Muslim Ummah in Yorubaland, described the emergence of a parallel association as a misleading development capable of creating confusion, undermining established Islamic leadership structures and threatening unity within the Muslim community.
The League’s position was contained in a statement made available to journalists on Wednesday in Ibadan, Oyo State.
The statement was jointly signed by the President of the League and Chief Imam of Ekiti State, Sheikh Jamiu Kewulere; Vice-President and Chief Imam of Ogun State, Sheikh Saadullah Bamgbola; Life Grand Patron and Chief Imam of Oyo State, Sheikh AbdulGaniy Agbotomokekere; Chief Imam of Osun State, Sheikh Musa Rabiu Animasahun; Chief Imam of Ondo State, Sheikh AbdulHakeem Yayi Akorede; Chief Imam of Ikorodu Division and Chairman of Rabita, Lagos, Sheikh Seifudeen Oloworibi Ademoritan; Mudiru-l-Markaz and Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Sheikh Muhammad Habibullah Adam Abdullahi El-Ilory; Grand Mufti of Yorubaland, Sheikh AbdulRasaq AbdulAzeez Ishola; and Secretary-General of the League, Sheikh Mustapha Oseni Adewale Hamzat.
