Located far from the urban glitz of Osogbo, capital of Osun State, the Kelebe community lies some dusty kilometres away from the National Control Centre of the Nigeria Power Holding Company of Nigeria. Within the community, Idi-Agbalumo is one of the districts where one could experience nature and a good measure of serenity. Over the years, residents of the community enjoyed a peaceful atmosphere until recently when they began complaining about by the activities of a strange religious group christened the Oju-Ona Satia Worldwide Ministry, which had built a worship centre in the community. Alhaji Moshood Adetoyese, the Vice Central Chairman of the Kelebe community and chairman of the Idi-Agbalumo district, declared that the existence of the Oju-Ona Satia sect in the community portends danger to people in the area. Adetoyese said: “We suddenly discovered the existence of the sect in our community and realised that it is not a mosque nor a church but a worship centre with a shrine. People in the community are suspicious over the activities of the group, who usually worships on Thursday and Sunday in Christian, Muslim and traditional ways. We realised that they don’t observe Salat (Muslim prayer) and they have never called to prayer and you cannot see anybody there on Friday when Muslims are observing Juma’at (Muslim Friday noon congregation prayer) service”. He explained that because of these contractions, the community invited the leader of the sect to a meeting, which he honoured. At the meeting, he told the community leaders that the society was properly registered with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) in Abuja and that the community leaders have no right to query him or probe his activities. Adetoyese went on: “We asked the leader of the sect whether he told the CAC what the group entails but he told us that we have no business with his activities. He refused to tell us the mission of the group and the community resolved that we would not allow them to stay here with us”. Justifying the reason for the community’s discomfort with the sect’s presence among its people, Adetoyese said residents in the area are afraid that security could be threatened by members of the group. He said that the memory of a shrine that was discovered in the Alekuwodo area of Osogbo is still fresh on peoples’ minds. He explained: “The operators of that shrine thrived in the area under the pretext of operating a church. Also, we had a very terrible experience with some cultists who used this community as their abode for many years. They killed many people here before we were able to chase them away. There were similar instances of people with clandestine missions using this community as their hideout and that is why we are always vigilant. “When we realised that the Oju-Ona Satia sect didn’t want to leave our community, we ran to the Chief Imam of Osogbo and the leaders of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) for their intervention. We also reported the matter to the traditional ruler of Osogbo and the monarch took the matter to the security agencies, including the police, Department of Security Services (DSS) and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps for necessary action. “The police invited the parties, including the community leaders and the leader of the sect, to a meeting and we were made to sign an undertaking that there would be peace in the community. We are, however, insisting that we would not allow the sect in our community.” Muqadam Mukaila Tiamiyu, leader of the sect in Osogbo, maintained that the sect would remain in the community, despite the position of the community leaders. Tiamiyu alleged that the community leaders constantly harass him in their efforts to chase him and his members away from the area. He said he has been cautioning his followers to remain calm while he warns the community leaders to stay away from his worship centre. His words: “The community leaders accused us of practicing three religions -Christianity, Islam and traditional religion – and that is our crime. Anyway, I’m a Muslim cleric and I don’t see anything wrong in preaching with the Holy Bible. There are both Muslims and Christians among my followers. I also believe that if a traditionalist does good deeds, God would be pleased with him than the Christians and Muslims that do bad deeds. The point is that a Muslim or Christen may go to hell, while a traditionalist may go to heaven. That explains what we do in our society.” A member of the sect, Mr Said Agboola, frowned that the community is denying the sect members the opportunity to worship the way they prefer, saying: “We are just doing our own here and we don’t disturb anyone in the community. But we are surprised that they are trying to chase us out of this community, which is unfair. We are not criminals and they should leave us alone to worship the way we like.” The Baale of Kelebe (traditional ruler), Chief Owolabi Sulaimon Kolawole, told the Daily Trust on Saturday he did not know how the sect got a plot of land to build its worship centre in the community. Chief Kolawole expressed his support for the community leaders to eject the group from the area. The Public Relations Officer of the Osun State Police Command, Mrs Folashade Odoro, assured that the police would not allow the matter to degenerate into a clash.

people fear what they cant understand...

aspirer01:
Located far from the urban glitz of Osogbo, capital of
Osun State, the Kelebe community lies some dusty
kilometres away from the National Control Centre of the
Nigeria Power Holding Company of Nigeria.
Within the community, Idi-Agbalumo is one of the
districts where one could experience nature and a good
measure of serenity.
Over the years, residents of the community enjoyed a
peaceful atmosphere until recently when they began
complaining about by the activities of a strange religious
group christened the Oju-Ona Satia Worldwide Ministry,
which had built a worship centre in the community.
Alhaji Moshood Adetoyese, the Vice Central Chairman of
the Kelebe community and chairman of the Idi-Agbalumo
district, declared that the existence of the Oju-Ona Satia
sect in the community portends danger to people in the
area.
Adetoyese said: “We suddenly discovered the existence
of the sect in our community and realised that it is not a
mosque nor a church but a worship centre with a shrine.
People in the community are suspicious over the
activities of the group, who usually worships on
Thursday and Sunday in Christian, Muslim and traditional
ways. We realised that they don’t observe Salat (Muslim
prayer) and they have never called to prayer and you
cannot see anybody there on Friday when Muslims are
observing Juma’at (Muslim Friday noon congregation
prayer) service”.
He explained that because of these contractions, the
community invited the leader of the sect to a meeting,
which he honoured. At the meeting, he told the
community leaders that the society was properly
registered with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC)
in Abuja and that the community leaders have no right to
query him or probe his activities.
Adetoyese went on: “We asked the leader of the sect
whether he told the CAC what the group entails but he
told us that we have no business with his activities. He
refused to tell us the mission of the group and the
community resolved that we would not allow them to
stay here with us”.
Justifying the reason for the community’s discomfort
with the sect’s presence among its people, Adetoyese
said residents in the area are afraid that security could
be threatened by members of the group.
He said that the memory of a shrine that was discovered
in the Alekuwodo area of Osogbo is still fresh on peoples’
minds.
He explained: “The operators of that shrine thrived in the
area under the pretext of operating a church. Also, we
had a very terrible experience with some cultists who
used this community as their abode for many years.
They killed many people here before we were able to
chase them away. There were similar instances of
people with clandestine missions using this community
as their hideout and that is why we are always vigilant.
“When we realised that the Oju-Ona Satia sect didn’t
want to leave our community, we ran to the Chief Imam
of Osogbo and the leaders of the Christian Association of
Nigeria (CAN) for their intervention. We also reported the
matter to the traditional ruler of Osogbo and the
monarch took the matter to the security agencies,
including the police, Department of Security Services
(DSS) and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps
for necessary action.
“The police invited the parties, including the community
leaders and the leader of the sect, to a meeting and we
were made to sign an undertaking that there would be
peace in the community. We are, however, insisting that
we would not allow the sect in our community.”
Muqadam Mukaila Tiamiyu, leader of the sect in Osogbo,
maintained that the sect would remain in the community,
despite the position of the community leaders.
Tiamiyu alleged that the community leaders constantly
harass him in their efforts to chase him and his
members away from the area. He said he has been
cautioning his followers to remain calm while he warns
the community leaders to stay away from his worship
centre.
His words: “The community leaders accused us of
practicing three religions -Christianity, Islam and
traditional religion – and that is our crime. Anyway, I’m
a Muslim cleric and I don’t see anything wrong in
preaching with the Holy Bible. There are both Muslims
and Christians among my followers. I also believe that if
a traditionalist does good deeds, God would be pleased
with him than the Christians and Muslims that do bad
deeds. The point is that a Muslim or Christen may go to
hell, while a traditionalist may go to heaven. That
explains what we do in our society.”
A member of the sect, Mr Said Agboola, frowned that the
community is denying the sect members the opportunity
to worship the way they prefer, saying: “We are just
doing our own here and we don’t disturb anyone in the
community. But we are surprised that they are trying to
chase us out of this community, which is unfair. We are
not criminals and they should leave us alone to worship
the way we like.”
The Baale of Kelebe (traditional ruler), Chief Owolabi
Sulaimon Kolawole, told the Daily Trust on Saturday he
did not know how the sect got a plot of land to build its
worship centre in the community. Chief Kolawole
expressed his support for the community leaders to eject
the group from the area.
The Public Relations Officer of the Osun State Police
Command, Mrs Folashade Odoro, assured that the police
would not allow the matter to degenerate into a clash.

All the names I saw here are muslims' names. They might be preparing for another jihad in the area.