SOLDIER ALLEGEDLY BEATS FACTIONAL ISLAMIC
CLERIC IN IWO, SCUTTLES RECONCILIATION EFFORTS
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risis broke out in Iwo town in Osun
State, as a soldier is reported to have beaten and battered the Chief Imam of
the Federal Prison, Ile-Ife in Osun State, Malam Muritala Akanbi Tadese, just
as the crises rocking the renowned Islamic Movement, Jama’at Ta’awunnil
Muslimeen became messier.
The soldier, Corporal Muritala Ibrahim,
according to the report gathered in Osun State, is said to be serving in
Maiduguri, Borno State.
He had come as bodyguard of the
factional President of the organisation, Malam Daood Molaasan to the venue of a
reconciliation meeting held at the Islahudeen Government Middle School, Oke-Afo
in Iwo, Osun State.
Report gathered from a member of the
sect, who prefered not to be mentioned that an argument ensued between the two
factions of the group during the meeting and the Soldier attacked the Chief
Imam of the Ile-Ife Prison with his military belt and battered the Muslim
cleric to the extent that the Imam was bleeding from the nose.
The meeting was deadlock, as a result of
the incident and the matter was reported at the Divisional Police Headquarters
in Iwo.
The Soldier was later arrested by the
police and he was detained for interrogation while the injured Imam was rushed
to the hospital for medical treatment.
When contacted, the Commissioner of
Police in the state, Mr Fimihan Adeoye, confirmed the arrest of the soldier
over the incident.
He said the matter was under
investigation to establish whether he was really a military personnel and the
reason for his action which eventually scuttled the efforts of the police to
resolve the crises.
The Commissioner of Police, who spoke
through the spokesperson for the police in the state, Folasade Odoro said “the
Osun State Police Command was trying to resolve the crises rocking the Jama’at
Ta’awunnil Muslimeen and we Are very careful about this matter because
religious matters are very sensitive.
“It was the police command that advised
the parties to meet and resolve the crises amicably among themselves but we
were surprised that someone who claimed to be a military personnel went there
and assaulted one of the Muslim cleric who was part of the meeting.
“We are trying to establish the true
identity of that Soldier so as to know whether he is a real soldier or not. If
he is a real soldier, then, we shall inform the Army authority for necessary
actions,” CP Adeoye said.
The factional president of the Jama’at
Ta’awunnil Muslimeen, Dr. Shafi’I Abdul Azeez Bello, described the action of
the soldier as barbaric and urged the Nigerian Army and the Army Commission to
investigate his action and punish him appropriately so as not to erode the
confidence of the citizenry in the Nigerian Army. READ MORE
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