Allow Imam of Inisa be chosen transparently – Osun Muslim Community urges Adeleke
By John Dike
The Nisa Muslim elites association (IMEA) in Odo-Otin Local Government Area of Osun State has appealed to Governor Ademola Adeleke to allow Muslim community in Inisa to chose their chief Iman without political interference.
They said the generality of the Muslim Ummah of Inisa originated from across the globe are determine to ensure that the the process of selecting new Imam for the community followed due process without recourse for political involvement.
In a press statement issued by the Chairman of Inisa Muslim Elites Association IMEA ,Alhaji Kasali Adeyemo said Muslim are peace loving people that want the process of selecting the new Imam to be transparent devoid of rancour contrary to dictates of Islam
His words “decency is towed in the selection of a Chief Imam for Inisa, significantly in line with the dictates of the Holy Qur’an, Hadith and Sunnah.
According to Adeyemo Inisa community is a town in Odo-Otin Local Government Area of Osun State .Contrary to the load of misinformation about our community in the wake of the needless crisis that engulfed our community regarding the enthronement of Chief Iman, Inisa is a community of noble and dignified people.
” It is on record that our Kabiyesi, Oba Joseph Oyedele, Fasikun II is one of the first three university graduates that became Kings in their domains in the old Oyo State. Similarly, we have had the privilege producing Chief Imams that were very knowledgeable, exposed and highly respected among their peers. We are blessed with world acclaimed scholars and administrators.
“We are neither fetish nor diabolical as had been portrayed by certain quarters arising from some happenings within the Inisa Muslim Ummah in the last three and a half years which have been stultifying progress in the Ummah and indeed, our community.
While saying Inisa Muslim Elites Association evolved from the initial association named the Inisa Literate Muslim Union (ILMU). The name was changed at the point of registration to its present name. The group comprises Muslim Elite from Inisa in Odo Otin South LCDA of Osun State, Nigeria. Membership is open to all educated
While saying the sons and daughters of Inisa are peace loving and educated people hinted that the aims and objectives of the association is to harnessed opportunities for advancement of the Muslim Community in the state
Adeymo who warned against any imposition of new Imam for the community disclosed that only transparent due process and allowing the Muslim leaders to chose their head will garantee peace .
“We therefore, plead that people of goodwill should intervene to ensure a credible process to select the next Chief Imam of Inisa. If all internal mediation and conciliation fail, there is a Sharia Panel in Osun State that this matter may be referred to. We however, believe that we can peacefully resolve this matter without undue external interference of interlopers.
“We like to make it abundantly clear, that all we are asking for, is that the next Chief Imam for Inisaland and other related officers, SHOULD be appointed in the light of the Qur’an, the Hadith and the Sunnah of the Holy Prophet (SAW).
