The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has called on Governors of Southwest States to allow the Operation Amotekun embrace all citizens living in the sub-region.

MURIC also advised that the new security organization should not lean towards any religion or target any ethnic group for victimization.

The call was made in a statement on Monday issued to DAILY POST by the Director of the human rights organization, Prof. Ishaq Akintola.

This was sequel to the resolution of the governors of the South West to give a legal backing to the Amotekun security outfit.

The statement added, “No homo sapien compos mentis living in Yorubaland will oppose the setting up of a security outfit to complement the existing security agencies on ground (the army, police, NNDC, DSS, etc).

“We all want lives and properties secured all over Nigeria. That is why people living on every street have security arrangements in place while some individuals also have both day and night guards in their private offices and homes.

“It is therefore mischievous to give the impression that Muslims are against the South West security initiative. No reasonable Nigerian today will frown at attempts to boost security in any part of the country. What we oppose is the religious and ethnic tinge which the handlers gave Amotekun.

“You cannot blame Muslims for crying out when you ask them to bring birth certificates from churches before joining Amotekun. Neither can you expect them to stand akimbo when you tell them to bring letters of recommendation from churches.

“Muslims in the Yoruba enclave are not opposing Amotekun per se. What they oppose is a situation where a ostensibly anti-Islam security outfit comes into operation in Yorubaland.

“Apart from the reference to birth certificates from churches and letters of reference from pastors, the choice of nomenclature is another controversial issue because it has a strong Christian identity.

“Why ‘Amotekun’ as a name for crying out loud? Research has revealed the biblical origin of this name and it makes Muslims suspicious. Why Amotekun of all brands?

“Jeremiah 5:6 says, ‘A leopard shall guard over their city’. Amotekun is mentioned in this verse with particular reference to guarding a city.

“Now, we have a sub-region where Muslims have been under persecution for ages coming up with a security outfit under the name of the same leopard mentioned in the bible as a guard over the city.

“This is not a coincidence. The handlers of Amotekun picked the name deliberately from the bible in order to score a spiritual point. It is very critical. It calls for serious concern. So why give a security unit a religious name?

“We advise the planners of the new security outfit to give it another name in the interest of peace and harmony in the sub-region. This is necessary if they want to carry all stakeholders along. Amotekun as a name is already controversial. We do not need a Christian security unit.

“Neither do we need a Muslim security outfit. The security agency in the South West must not only be neutral, it must also be seen to be neutral.

“We affirm that Muslims form the majority in the population of the South West. They are therefore critical stakeholders and the unity of the Yoruba cannot become fait accompli without involving the Muslims in the sub-region. Muslims must be carried along in any security network in the zone. We are interested in security.

“We are security conscious. We will therefore join a South West security initiative if it is not tainted with Christian landmarks. We will have confidence in a security outfit that involves Muslim leaders, not one that parades pastors, bishops and archbishops alone.

“It must also be noted that a security group that starts with subtle threats to our brethren in faith in another part of the country cannot be safe for Muslims in Yorubaland. There is no racism or tribalism in Islam (Qur’an 49:13). It is a global brotherhood. Yoruba Muslims love Yorubaland.

“They also love Nigeria. But they owe their Creator, Allah, an unflinching and undiluted love towards their brothers and sisters in Islam no matter their race, tribe or colour. From Allah we came and unto Allah we shall return.

“On that Day, nobody will be judged on the basis of his tribe but on the basis of his deeds on earth. Nonetheless, we believe in a united Nigeria and we will support a security unit that constitutes no threat to any tribe in the country, be it Igbo, Fulani, Ijaw, or Tiv.

“However, the latest assurance coming from certain quarters that birth certificates from churches and letters of reference from pastors was not part of the original pre-requisites is most welcome.

“MURIC will support any security arrangement anywhere in Nigeria so long as such arrangement is devoid of gymnastic religiousity and acrobatic ethnicity.

“In addition, the organisers of Amotekun must desist from attempts to intimidate perceived opponents of the scheme. Leaders of the group must caution their foot-soldiers against excesses.

“They must distance themselves from arm-twisting gimmicks like deliberately misinterpreting statements made by people who oppose the Amotekun idea.

“For instance, MURIC has very strong evidence that some elements in the Amotekun camp have issued death threats to its leader. That is unacceptable. It is an attempt to silence opposition.

“All opinions must be allowed in a democracy. That is freedom of speech. Those who attempt to muzzle opinions give the impression that they have hidden agenda. It presupposes that the Amotekun security project will be biased and unprofessional when it finally comes on board. We refuse to be intimidated. It changes nothing in our stand and style of advocacy.

“In a nutshell, as the organisers deliberate on the legal framework to back the complementary security project in the South West, we advise that such legal framework includes a clause that lays emphasis on religious neutrality, security for all citizens residing in Yorubaland regardless of their ethnic background and a new name which is acceptable to all faiths.”

https://dailypost.ng/2020/01/27/amotekun-islamic-group-sends-message-to-southwest-governors/

Mad cow

This old man should stop running this one-man noise making organisation . In as much as he's getting too boring, the attention he seeks that has never been accorded him is running him insane already

Wow This is coming from a Muslim

Development

This organization has no relevance even among southwest Muslims that I know....I think they're sponsored by elements outside the SW to bring disunity to the region.

PROFESSOR OF BITTERNESS AND HATRED HAS COME AGAIN WITH HIS USUAL MISSION OF SPREADING HATRED AND BITTERNESS AMONG YORUBA PEOPLE ALONG RELIGIOUS LINE......this man needs to be hospitalized.

Amotekun is watching...

crownwealth:
Mad cow

Hey, na where i fit buy this polo?

I want three, i want one send to Malami.

MayorofLagos:


Hey, na where i fit buy this polo?

I want three, i want one send to Malami.

Idumota, please...

The Fulanis are using this man to create division in Yoruba Land.
He is the one who always bring the issue of Yoruba Muslim and Yoruba Christian.

The man was the one that thought the Igbos that there are Yoruba Muslims and Yoruba Christian
and he is actually intensifying this agenda.

Yorubas have never been divided by religion. Its obvious that the aim is for them not to speak with one
voice which this man and his group have achieved.

Anything that happens in Yoruba land, the man will make sure he gives it religious colouration.
Any Yoruba person who thinks that they can work together with one voice again is dreaming.
Amotekun has been destroyed by this group and will never work as planned again.

That is what the Caliphate wants and they have achieved it using religion.
that is the same way they used Akintola against Awolowo.

I just pity the Christians and the traditional worshipers in Yoruba land.

Biafra is not your Problem. I can conveniently tell you that it easier for Biafrans to leave Nigeria
than for Yorubas to break away from Nigeria to achieve Oduduwa republic.

The Yoruba Muslim will never let it happen

This MURIC man is really a demented lunatic.

Na so Yusuf founder of BH take start. Yoruba Moslems should align with their Christian brothers for once in their miserable lives.

I fvcking hate traitors.

We are talking of defending the south and this stupid things from the pit of hell are working hard to discredit it

There should be a Yorubaland only referendum on whether this Muric guy should be exiled. He's allegiance obviously is not towards Oduduwaland,

kokoro to jefo inu efo longbe

Better. The earlier we begin to understand ourselves the better.

crownwealth:



Idumota, please...

Na who dey sell am for Idunmota? Just give name of the seller. He dey sell shirt for my area and me no know. .

Corrections:
PROFESSOR OF BITTERNESS AND HATRED HAS COME AGAIN WITH HIS USUAL MISSION OF SPREADING HATRED AND BITTERNESS AMONG YORUBA PEOPLE ALONG RELIGIOUS LINE......this man needs to be hospitalized.

Please forgive us, he is our son. I think he has a thousand fathers. Maybe his mother was a street hooker. But, what can we do to a bastard among the children? We can't kill him with our hands, we will just continue to manage him till the time Thunder strikes him dead.

Trump2020:
Na so Yusuf founder of BH take start. Yoruba Moslems should align with their Christian brothers for once in their miserable lives.

I fvcking hate traitors.

We are talking of defending the south and this stupid things from the pit of hell are working hard to discredit it

Please the head scarf wearing man does not speak for Yoruba Muslims, he speaks for mentally deranged idiots with sinister motives.

Over 60% of Opc and Agbekoya members are Muslims. Even Gani Adams is a Muslim.

A good chunk of those i have seen interested in working for Amotekun are Yoruba Muslims.

MayorofLagos:


Na who dey sell am for Idunmota? Just give name of the seller. He dey sell shirt for my area and me no know. .

M lagos. Btw before Buharin boys invade the store...

Trump2020:
Na so Yusuf founder of BH take start. Yoruba Moslems should align with their Christian brothers for once in their miserable lives.

I fvcking hate traitors.

We are talking of defending the south and this stupid things from the pit of hell are working hard to discredit it

You get mouth sha. If you enter Yoruba family compound you fit tell who be muslim and who be christian?

You just open mouth talk. Prof. Akintola has Christians in his own family and he mingles with them. The guy is a political comedian.

crownwealth:


before Buharin boys invade the store...

Ok. They must not have it on display because I have passed there two times already this morning when I went to Onikoyi on errand. Thank you my brother.

Iamgrey5:
Please the head scarf wearing man does not speak for Yoruba Muslims, he speaks for mentally deranged idiots with sinister motives.

Over 60% of Opc and Agbekoya members are Muslims. Even Gani Adams is a Muslim.

A good chunk of those i see who are interested in working for Amotekun are Yoruba Muslims.

This shows that the MUMU man is a traitor. The earlier the good people of Yoruba land, I mean the Omoluabis pass a FATWA on this terrorist, the better.

MayorofLagos:


Ok. They must not have it on display because I have passed there two times already this morning when I went to Onikoyi on errand. Thank you my brother.

You welcome! Oduaa agbewa ooo.

anything MURIC is a front page

crownwealth:


You welcome! Oduaa agbewa ooo.

Ashe!

Modify that address abeg in your post abeg.

This idiot again

This statement shows this muric man is indeed sick, what did he intend to achieve via them? I am a yoruba man, and i don't segregate base on religion, i have Muslim brothers and sisters, and i have Muslim friends who have been protesting for this AMOTEKUN.

“Why ‘Amotekun’ as a name for crying out loud? Research has revealed the biblical origin of this name and it makes Muslims suspicious. Why Amotekun of all brands?

“Jeremiah 5:6 says, ‘A leopard shall guard over their city’. Amotekun is mentioned in this verse with particular reference to guarding a city.


“We affirm that Muslims form the majority in the population of the South West."

This shameless idiot again?

This guy needs to consult a psychiatrist.

I am not Yoruba , but I I think this guy is a traitor not only the south west, but to the whole of the southerners. It’s obvious he is an agent of the northerners, being manipulated against the south.

Before now, I never knew anything like Yoruba Muslim or Yoruba Christian . All I knew was Yoruba . But this guy was the one who made me to start seeing them differently.

He is keen on sowing the seed of discord in the heart of the Yorubas, and I think it’s better the Southwest leaders do something about him ASAP .
A stitch in time saves nine.

Mumuric

MayorofLagos:


You get mouth sha. If you enter Yoruba family compound you fit tell who be muslim and who be christian?

You just open mouth talk. Prof. Akintola has Christians in his own family and he mingles with them. The guy is a political comedian.

I am in Lagos and I know what I am saying though there are a lot of moderate Yoruba Moslems

Iamgrey5:
Please the head scarf wearing man does not speak for Yoruba Muslims, he speaks for mentally deranged idiots with sinister motives.

Over 60% of Opc and Agbekoya members are Muslims. Even Gani Adams is a Muslim.

A good chunk of those i have seen interested in working for Amotekun are Yoruba Muslims.

OK.

No vex