The Executive Director of RULAAC, Okechukwu Nwanguma, expressed this concern in a statement he issued on Wednesday.
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Ilorin is increasingly becoming the scene of an epic clash between two religious traditions: Islam and African Traditional Religion. Three recent incidents are markers of this culture war and a frightening dimension of the continuous fragmentation of Nigerian society.
A top notch of the group, Dr. Fatima Ismaeel Hassan, gave the charge in a statement she signed on behalf of the IMN.
The IMN, in a statement signed by Sheikh Sidi Munir Mainasara on Monday shortly after the Ashura procession in Abuja, said Nigerians should emulate the exemplary stance of Imam Husain (AS), who was brutally assassinated in the 7th Century over his stand against injustice.
It simply suggests that there are ways in which accepting actions and decisions of political leaders can be tragic.
The Federal Government says the suspension of the Chief Justice of Nigeria Justice Walter Onnoghen, does not signify the onset of dictatorship or tyranny, as some people have insinuated.
The result just declared today in Osun by the Independent National Electoral Commission in favour of the All Progressives Congress and its candidate is a travesty of justice. That was not democracy. That was a demonstration of tyranny.