Sahara Reporters Under The Guise Of Afenifere

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By Sulaiman Maijama’a

If there is anything more flabbergasted, more blasphemous and sacrilegious than what Abduljabbar had committed against our noble prophet (SAW), is the report published by  Sahara Reporters comparing the “Hijrah” of our most respected prophet to the evacuation of this Youruba secessionist leader, whom I will not dignify by calling his name. Though attributed to Afenifere (Yoruba socio-cultural organisation), truth be told, Sahara Repoters is just disguising under the group to have unleashed their long buried acrimony against the Islam, which they are known for.

The contencious report pricked the sensitivity and sensibility of every muslim faithful. If a fervent believer of Islam were to be given a choice between an assault on their prophet and assault on their parents, they would, before a blink of an eye, opt for the latter, because of the enormity of love we have for him.

Don’t be decieved by the fact that the media outlet removed the report, owing to the heavy pressure put on them.Taking it down alone is not enough to comfort Muslim Ummah to  spare them. If Abduljabbar, one of the leading Islamic clerics from the North could be dragged to prison by same Muslim Northers for blasphemy and sacrilege against the prophet, how, then, could any group, that has people with proper cognitive ability, not take stock of their utterances? I assumed if Abdujabbar saga did not symbolise the deep reverence Muslim Ummah have for the prophet, nothing can do.

Afenifere instead of this your illogical comparison, since Nnamdi Kanu, another secessionist group leader was recently apprehended from a foreign street and arraigned in a courtroom and later ramanded just like how Sunday was apprehended in Benin City, charged and jailed, it would have made sense if you had compared Iboho and Kanu, since they are like cousins, having the same mission of tearing Nigeria apart and both have foreign passports, in case things get out of hand they can flee the country, leaving innocent people in disasterous situation just like they did now.

But since you have misused simile, I still find it difficult to relate the point of comparison. The most acceptable annals of History in the world attest to the fact that prophet Muhammad (SAW) brought peace and harmony among the adherents of different religions, he is the most tolerant and Noble person ever lived on earth who preached his companions to jettison racial prejudice. Is Sunday preaching unity or disunity?

Afenifere, in your statement you made it clear that “there is nothing wrong with Yoruba Nation activist, Sunday Adeyemo, seeking asylum in another country where his safety can be guaranteed.” 

Prophet Muhammad (SAW) evacuated Makkah mainly because he was denied “right to religion” and when departing Makkah for Madinah, he went along with all his companions. This indicates the concern he had for his people, meaning the safety of his people is of equal importance as his safety. It also signifies the mission was out of honesty. Why Sunday fled Nigeria alone?   If his safety can be guaranteed in another country, what is the fate of the people he left in Nigeria, whom he used and who are at the forefront of the clamour for sovereign nation?

Maijama’a Faculty of Communication, BUKsulaimanmaija@gmail.com

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