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Stampedes: Islamic Group MURIC Demands Arrest Of Organisers Of Palliatives In Abuja, Anambra After Remand Of Suspects In Ibadan

The Muslim Rights Concern, MURIC has called for an equal treatment regarding the recent palliatives distribution stampedes in Abuja, Anambra State and Ibadan, Oyo State.

The Executive Director of the organisation, Prof Ishaq Akintola, in a statement urged the Nigerian police to either arrest the organisers of the events in Abuja and Anambra or release those detained in Ibadan.

The group condemned the idea of different treatments for the same tragic incident in three different places, and therefore demanded the immediate and unconditional release of those arrested in Ibadan over the disaster.

SaharaReporters had reported that 35 children died in a stampede during a children’s funfair in Ibadan, last week Wednesday.

A similar incident occurred on Saturday during the distribution of rice and other palliatives at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Maitama, Abuja, resulting in 10 deaths.

Also, at least 20 residents of Okija community in Anambra State reportedly lost their lives during in a stampede over rice palliative distribution.

The police command in Oyo, however, arrested Olori Naomi Silekunola, the ex-wife of Ooni of Ife, and seven others in connection with the stampede in Ibadan.

A Chief Magistrate, in Iyaganku, Ibadan, has also ordered the remand of three individuals which include the school’s principal, Mr Abdullahi Fasasi; the proprietor of Agidigbo FM, Alhaji Oriyomi Hamzat; and Silekunola, the estranged wife of Oba Enitan Adeyeye Ogunwusi, the Ooni of Ile Ife.

Chief Magistrate Olabisi Ogunkanmi, who presided over the case on Tuesday, ordered that the trio be remanded at the Agodi Correctional Centre on Tuesday.

Akintola said the Ibadan case should not be a scapegoat for the other incidents.

“MURIC is interested in knowing why it was only the organisers of the Ibadan event that were arrested while those in Abuja and Okija were allegedly left free. We therefore demand the immediate and unconditional release of the organisers of the Ibadan event.

“Queen Naomi Silekunola in particular is well known for her philanthropic activities and nobody in his or her right mind will assume that she deliberately planned a massacre.

“By the same token, the arrest of the principal of Islamic High School, Orita Bashorun, Ibadan, was quite unnecessary because the alumni of that school has confirmed that the venue was approved by the Oyo State Ministry of Education and not by the principal acting unilaterally.

“The Obi Jackson Foundation led by Chief Ernest Obiejesi had good intentions as usual but things still went wrong. However, Anambra police did not haul him into detention the way Oyo police detained Queen Naomi and Mr Fasasi, the school principal,” Akintola said.

The MURIC boss also said there has been no report of arrests by the Abuja police formation over the palliative-induced stampede at the Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Maitama, Abuja, on Saturday, December 21, 2024.

He said, “The Nigeria Police has left many questions unanswered regarding its handling of the three tragic episodes. A stampede is a stampede. One should not be differentiated from the other. Ditto for the issue of deaths. Homo sapiens died in all the events, not goats, not dogs.

“All the organisers should have been treated equally. But as things stand, it appears the sledgehammer descended on Ibadan organisers alone while Abuja and Okija merely vowed to investigate the calamities,” Akintola said.

“There is only one way to go, arrest the organisers of the Abuja and Okija events or set the Ibadan organisers free. The honourable thing the Oyo State Police Command can do is to set those detained free immediately and unconditionally while the state government sets up a to investigate the tragedy. The police should not blow hot and cold at the same time,” Akintola said.

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The Abuja organizers has already been arrested. The government knows what they're doing. You can't teach them their job

Mumuric is back

To divert attention from Sharia.

I have never seen where this evil organisation demand the arrest Boko Haram and other Islamic terrorists.

OLAADEGBU:


The Executive Director of the organisation, Prof Ishaq Akintola, in a statement urged the Nigerian police to either arrest the organisers of the events in Abuja and Anambra or release those detained in Ibadan.

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has arrested the parish priest and officials of the Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Abuja over their roles in a fatal stampede in the Nigerian capital.

Police said they were investigating the stampede in Abuja as well as two others in Anambra and Oyo.

Speaking to TIMES on Wednesday, the spokesperson of the FCT Police Command, Josephine Adeh, confirmed the arrests, citing negligence by the organisers.

“How can you organise an event of that magnitude without notifying the police? Ten lives, including children, were lost, and many others were injured. Doesn’t this warrant arrest?” she said.

https://www.timesng.com/news/top-news/763568-police-arrest-abuja-catholic-priest-church-officials-over-fatal-stampede.html

Peter OBI will soon condemn MURIC for calling of arrest in Anambra state

Who is this?

The first time I am agreeing with Muric.

Organizers should be held able. That's the way it's done all over the world.

This asiere has come

the same token, the arrest of the principal of Islamic High School, Orita Bashorun, Ibadan, was quite unnecessary because the alumni of that school has confirmed that the venue was approved by the Oyo State Ministry of Education and not by the principal acting unilaterally...

Na only thing wey make sense from the msg

Iseoluwani:
This asiere has come

the same token, the arrest of the principal of Islamic High School, Orita Bashorun, Ibadan, was quite unnecessary because the alumni of that school has confirmed that the venue was approved by the Oyo State Ministry of Education and not by the principal acting unilaterally...

Na only thing wey make sense from the msg

Muric is right on this buddy. To have a better Nigeria, we need to start holding people able for their actions regardless of their motives.

See IQ level

Compare this to Obi's advice and see how low IQ people over populate this country.

People are out trying to make life easier for the poor but once something goes wrong we treat them like criminals.

Same reason the police arrest people who decides to help accident victims. Low IQ people keep making decisions that affects us all.

Mind your business Muric

If people from other places chose not to hold the organizers of the stampede event, that's their headache.

The Police in Oyo state have done the right thing by arresting Hamzàt and Ex Olori. Their arrest is mostly for their own protection. Let them be taken away for quite some time while the parents of those who lost their kids get over it

Muric is yet to say anything concerning the Sharia law enforcement in SW

OLAADEGBU:


The Executive Director of the organisation, Prof Ishaq Akintola, in a statement urged the Nigerian police to either arrest the organisers of the events in Abuja and Anambra or release those detained in Ibadan.

People are demanding arrest of MURIC too.
Some crooks want to burn the country

Why are they giving this MUMURIC man attention. He is one of those promoting Sharia justice system in Yoruba land.
He is very good in using taqiya to twist things and sadly some people fall for him.

He has never condem Boko Haram or herdsmen.
He is the one that made the word "Yoruba Muslim" very popular.
I read one of his article where he was blaming Yoruba Muslims for being too peaceful unlike their Northern counterpart.

South West receives the highest Foreign Direct Investment in Nigeria, they better chase this jihadist out before Arabs use him to destabilize the region like they did to Zamfara State.

The ideology should to be Yoruba first before any imported religion.

This man again. What does this man gain from spread hate and bitterness? When you least expect that is when he will start shouting trouble

COMRADES, what has MURIC said about the central mosque in Lagos State that displayed a banner 'Jesus is not God' in order to provoke Christians?

This guy is honestly not well.

Who go arrest Obi Jackson ? He is a billionaire. Moreover he is not responsible for day to day running of the foundation. Welcome to Nigeria

I laugh in Swahili

The government is doing damage control. They want the blame to be solely on the organizers of the distribution who were trying to help people, and not the architects of hunger who are stealing what belongs to the people and making them hungry.

If mumuric knows obikackson he no go open mouth to call fr his arrest

What’s stops Tinubu from reg, since he doesn’t know his left from right. Yurobanzas are suffering

Dey play

Nnamdipapa:


Muric is right on this buddy. To have a better Nigeria, we need to start holding people able for their actions regardless of their motives.

You read the article with bias and hence your lack of understanding. MURIC (and you) is not advocating for justice for the dead but "equality" for obvious reasons. Reasons that we all know. Reasons that have bedeviled Nigeria for many years. Na person wey no know una go take una serious. Hold your government able!

Let them go
They wanted to do good but Tinubu made people hungry and desperate so they outnumbered the organization’s projections


You can’t blame people for forces outside their control

If she was still oni’s wife they wouldn’t have touched her

They should note that this hunger and death has been a trade mark of APC regime

Arresting the organizers is totally wrong