The Onilogbo of Ilogbo-Asowo, Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government area of Ogun State Oba Samuel Olufemi Ojugbele has urged Egba League of Imams not to intervene in appointing Ilogbo Chief Imam.
A letter had been sent to all Chief Security agencies in Ogun State with a copy made available to press to caution the Chief Imam of Abeokuta to operate within his jurisdiction and avoid causing a chaos that could translate to bloodshed in Ilogbo town and its environs.
In the letter, the Onilogbo alleged that the Chief Imam of Abeokuta came to his town on January 20, 2020 to installed one Olayiwola Balogun as Chief Imam of Ilogbo thereby causing two parallel Chief Imams in Ilogbo-Asowo.
According to the letter, Oba Ojugbele is the prescribed authority according to Ogun State Chiefs law to appoint Chief Imam.
“After the death of the last Chief Imam of Ilogbo Central Mosque, Alhaji Imam Abdul Wasiu Oloyede (Baoku), on October 1, 2018, created a vacancy and it became necessary to appoint another Chief Imam to fill the stool.
In order to fill the vacancy, the family of Edun Oyeshiku family of Iga Onilogbo Compound, Ilogbo that is entitled to make the appointment set up a meeting presided over by the head of the family and appointed Alfa Naheem Akinola Oladotun on December 13, 2018 to be the new Chief Imam.
The report of appointment was presented to Kabiyesi, and he confirmed and approved Alfa Naheem Akinola Oladotun to become the new Chief Imam of Ilogbo on October 12, 2019. A certificate was issued to Alfa Oladotun under power conferred on him by the Chiefs Law of Ogun State. The title of Chief Imam of Ilogbo Central Mosque is a chieftaincy traditionally associated with Ilogbo and is guided by the Chiefs Law of Ogun State.”
The revered monarch thereby called on all the security agencies to call Egba Chief Imam and all troublemakers to desist from peddling any unrest in his town or be prepared to face the wrath of law of the nation
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