Muslims in Ekiti State have been ordered not to accept rams and other items for Sallah celebration from Governor Ayodele Fayose.
The directive was given by the League of Imams and Alfas in the state after a meeting held on Tuesday at Ansar-u-deen Society Central Mosque Odo – Otu, Ado Ekiti.
It accused Fayose of “deliberate marginalisation of Muslims in Ekiti State government political appointment.”
In a communiqué issued at the end of the meeting, the league said, “Based on the above, the League, Ekiti State Council hereby resolve that: No Muslim in the State should collect rams and other food items if presented to them in any form by the government.”
It says any Muslim that accepts such items under any guise has committed Haram (something forbidden) and the punishment of the Almighty Allah awaits the person.
The communiqué was signed by the state’s Assistant Secretary, League of Imams and Alfas, Alhaji Quadri Oguntuase; a Representative of Ansar-u-deen Missioners, Fatai Jimoh and Chief Imam, Ilogbo, Imam Abdul Rasak.
The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs and National Council of Muslim Youth Organisation, Ekiti State, had respectively issued statements condemning Governor Ayodele Fayose for neglecting Muslims in appointments.
Opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti in a statement by its Publicity Secretary, Taiwo Olatunbosun, had also described “Fayose’s treatment of Muslims in terms of appointment in the state” as “the worst since the state was created.”
The party claimed Ekiti Muslims were not given up to one percent of the appointments made by the Fayose administration.
