Ogbomoso Imamship Crisis: Muslim Leaders Defend Oba Ghandi, Say, “Soun Has Been Appointing Chief Imam Since 1818”
Muslim Leaders in Ogbomoso, Oyo State, under the auspices of the Ogbomoso Committee on Islamic Affairs, have warned those speaking against the Soun of Ogbomoso, Oba Afolabi Ghandi Olaoye, over the crisis on the Chief Imam of the town to desist, saying that "Since 1818 that the first Chief Imam was appointed, appointment and removal of Chief Imam of Ogbomoso has been at the discretion of the Soun."
They disclosed that the Soun of Ogbomoso who appointed the first Chief Imam, Muhammed Nafiu from Abogunde Compound in Laka Area of the town in 1818 was not a Muslim, and that the tradition had remained since then.
The Muslim Leaders, led by the Aare Musulumi of Ogbomoso, Alhaji Abdulganiyu Atanda Owodunni, said like other Chief Imams before now, the embattled Chief Imam, Toliat Yunus Olusi...
