Ekiti State Imams Order Muslims Not To Accept Food, Rams, From Fayose

Muslims in Ekti State has been ordered by League of Imams and Alfas in the state not to collect rams and other food items for Sallah celebration, if offered them in any form by the government.

The decision was reached on Tuesday at Ansar-u-deen Society Central Mosque Odo–Otu, Ado Ekiti, where the Imams reviewed the “deliberate marginalization of Muslims in Ekiti State government political appointment.”

The Ekiti State Chapter of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs and National Council of Muslim Youth Organisation, Ekiti State, had earlier issued statements condemning Governor Ayodele Fayose for neglecting Muslims in appointments. 

The All Progressives Congress in the state had in a statement by its Publicity Secretary, Taiwo Olatunbosun, also described “Fayose’s treatment of Muslims in terms of appointment in the state” as “the worst since the state was created.”