{"id":171540,"date":"2025-07-28T12:11:48","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T11:11:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/masquerade-attacks-islamic-cleric-in-ogbomoso"},"modified":"2025-07-28T13:20:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T12:20:10","slug":"masquerade-attacks-islamic-cleric-in-ogbomoso","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/masquerade-attacks-islamic-cleric-in-ogbomoso","title":{"rendered":"Masquerade Attacks Islamic Cleric in Ogbomoso"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Chief Imam of Ogbomosoland, Dr Teliat Yunus Ayilara, has warned masquerades against attacks on Muslims in the South West.<\/p>\n<p>Ayilara made this declaration while reacting to the attack of an Islamic cleric by a masquerade in Ogbomoso, Oyo State.<\/p>\n<p>A masquerade named Lobanika attacked an Islamic cleric in the ancient city on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The attack of the Islamic cleric has generated controversies in the ancient city.<\/p>\n<p>Ayilara while reacting, maintained that the frequent attack of Muslims in the South West will no longer be tolerated.<\/p>\n<p>L<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA masquerade attacked an Imam of a mosque in Ogbomoso on Friday. The masquerade used his cane to remove the cap from the Imam.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe frequent attack of Muslims in the South West region by traditionalists is enough. We can no longer tolerate it. Enough is enough. Do not attack Muslims again. Do your own and do not disturb us,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) in its reaction, described the attack on the Islamic cleric as absurd.<\/p>\n<p>General Secretary of MURIC in Oyo State, Mallam Ibrahim Agunbiade, advised security agencies to arrest the masquerade immediately.<\/p>\n<p>Agunbiade, made this declaration via a statement made available to DAILY POST on Sunday, urging the state government to act promptly to prevent future occurrences.<\/p>\n<p>He said, \u201cIt has come to the attention of the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), Oyo State Chapter, that a masquerader named Lobanika, during his public outing in Ogbomosho on Friday, 25th July, 2025 violently assaulted a peacefully walking Imam by snatching the cap from his head using a stick. Also stormed Os\u0323aro market in Ogbomosho and attacked a Muslim brother with Cutlass.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe particularly call the attention of the authorities and the public to the Ololu Masquerade Festival, which is scheduled to begin on Monday, 28th July 2025 in Ibadan. Based on multiple reports from concerned bodies, there is growing anxiety that this upcoming festivity might lead to further unrest.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe hereby urge the Oyo State Government and relevant security agencies to act promptly and decisively to prevent any form of assault or intimidation by masqueraders. The safety and rights of all citizens regardless of their religion must be guaranteed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Chief Imam of Ogbomosoland, Dr Teliat Yunus Ayilara, has warned masquerades against attacks on Muslims in the South West. Ayilara made this declaration while reacting to the attack of an Islamic cleric by a masquerade in Ogbomoso, Oyo State. A masquerade named Lobanika attacked an Islamic cleric in the ancient city [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":171539,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,30],"tags":[721,254,4268],"class_list":["post-171540","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","tag-muric","tag-nigeria","tag-ogbomoso"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Masquerade Attacks Islamic Cleric in Ogbomoso - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Chief Imam of Ogbomosoland, Dr Teliat Yunus Ayilara, has warned masquerades against attacks on Muslims in the South ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/masquerade-attacks-islamic-cleric-in-ogbomoso\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Masquerade Attacks Islamic Cleric in Ogbomoso\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Chief Imam of Ogbomosoland, Dr Teliat Yunus Ayilara, has warned masquerades against attacks on Muslims in the South ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/masquerade-attacks-islamic-cleric-in-ogbomoso\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-07-28T11:11:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-07-28T12:20:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/sm_1753692726.866593.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/masquerade-attacks-islamic-cleric-in-ogbomoso#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/masquerade-attacks-islamic-cleric-in-ogbomoso\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Masquerade Attacks Islamic Cleric in Ogbomoso\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-07-28T11:11:48+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-07-28T12:20:10+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/masquerade-attacks-islamic-cleric-in-ogbomoso\"},\"wordCount\":376,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/masquerade-attacks-islamic-cleric-in-ogbomoso#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/sm_1753692726.866593.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"MURIC\",\"Nigeria\",\"Ogbomoso\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Community\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/masquerade-attacks-islamic-cleric-in-ogbomoso#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/masquerade-attacks-islamic-cleric-in-ogbomoso\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/masquerade-attacks-islamic-cleric-in-ogbomoso\",\"name\":\"Masquerade Attacks Islamic Cleric in Ogbomoso - 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