Cleric threatens to shut down Osogbo if govt warns Oluwo again

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An ally of the Oluwo of Iwo, Sheikh Dawud Imran, has threatened to shut down Osogbo if the Osun State Government issues another warning to the monarch. Read More:…

An ally of the Oluwo of Iwo, Sheikh Dawud Imran, has warned the Osun State Government against putting Oba Abdulrosheed Akanbi under further pressure, saying that if another letter is written to the monarch, his supporters will make the state ungovernable until a state of emergency is declared.

Imran, who is the Grand Mufti of Yorubaland and leader of the Tawu’un Movement, an Islamic organisation headquartered in Iwo, Osun State, made this known in a video shared on a Facebook page named Grand Mufti Of Yorubaland.

The Public Relations Officer of the movement, Lookman Adeboje, when contacted on Sunday through WhatsApp, said the video contained a sermon delivered by Imran during the previous Friday’s Jumu’ah service.

Speaking in Yoruba, Imran, a close associate of the Oluwo, admitted that the government had the authority to remove any monarch but added that the people also had the power to remove any government they wished.

He said the state government could continue to monitor Oba Akanbi but declared that the monarch would not stop speaking against idolatry.

Imran said, “The person who wrote the (caution) letter said the government will be monitoring what Oluwo is saying going forward. The government can continue to monitor him, but Oluwo will not stop talking about idolatry.

“If you dare write another letter, we will come out in full and ensure that no vehicle moves in Osogbo. We will occupy Osogbo till a state of emergency is declared, even if it takes us a year.

“All the Muslims will be out. That is our own right, to say we are not going to be involved in idolatry and to talk against it. The Osun State Government, led by the governor, is not bigger than Osun indigenes. You are our slave and you are serving us.

“Both the federal and state governments are not bigger than their citizens. It is true that the governor has the power to remove Oluwo, the same way we also have the power to remove him. We can vote that we no longer want the governor to continue.

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