A group, Yoruba Commitment Leaders (YCL), has called Islamic clerics in Ilorin, Kwara State to shun religious intolerance, saying that no religious adherents should stand in the way of others.
The group also called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to wade into the religious crisis that is rearing its head in Ilorin, Kwara State, in the interest of peace and constitutional order in the country.
The group was reacting to what it termed as “open denial of some Yoruba people of their inalienable right to practise their religion by some Islamic cleric in Ilorin, Kwara State.
The group’s reaction was contained in a statement jointly signed by Otunba Tayo Onayemi, Chief Mrs Buky Tunde Oshunrinde, Mrs Sola Maja, Omooba Sina Odunmorayo, Barr Femi Mokikan and Omooba Eri Dada and made available to newsmen in Abeokuta, Ogun State capital.
While saying that it expected those saddled with the constitutional responsibility of protecting the rights of all persons in the state to take unbiased actions against the perpetrators, it noted that no religious adherents should stand in the way of another, just because they do not belong to the same religion.
The statement read, “The orchestrated and open denial of some Yoruba people of their inalienable right to practise their religion in Kwara State, in whatever guise, is causing tension in all Yoruba speaking states”.
While saying that it expected those saddled with the constitutional responsibility of protecting the rights of all persons in the state to take unbiased actions against the perpetrators, it noted that no religious adherents should stand in the way of another, just because they do not belong to the same religion.
The statement read, “The orchestrated and open denial of some Yoruba people of their inalienable right to practise their religion in Kwara State, in whatever guise, is causing tension in all Yoruba speaking states”.
The Constitution has declared that Nigeria is a secular state by which it means that there is no state or region in any part of the country and all levels of government are expected to take a neutral position on religious matters”.
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