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Why I Ordered Dissolution Of Ekiti Shari’ah Panel-Monarch

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The Ewi of Ado-Ekiti, Oba Rufus Adejugbe, has ordered the Chief Imam of Ekiti State, Alhaji Jamiu Kewulere, to dissolve the Shari’ah panel constituted by the state central mosque.

The inaugural sitting of the panel in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital, where it adjudicated over marriage disputes.

The panel, presided over by three Kadhis—Imam Abdullahi Abdul-Mutolib, Imam Abdulraheem Junaid-Bamigbola, and Dr Ibrahim Aminullahi-Ogunrinde—adjudicated on two marriage-related disputes.

At a meeting with Ewi-in-Council and the leadership of the Muslim community in the state in his palace on Saturaday, Oba Adejugbe explained that the mood of the nation would not warrant the setting up of such a panel in the mosque.

He expressed worry over the reactions already generated by the existence of the Shari’ah panel in the state,adding that if not dissolved, it might lead to an avoidable crisis in society.

He said, “It appears they set up a committee at the central mosque to listen to disputes, and they might have a good intention being an internal arrangement within them.

“But I told them the mood of the nation will not allow that to happen, and that they should revert to how our founding fathers were settling disputes in the past without setting up a special committee or panel.

“The Chief Imam is an intelligent person and a humble man and I have told them to dissolve the committee because if we allow that, the Christian and traditional communities might want to set up their own committee too and before you know it, it will lead to a crisis.

“So, nobody should go ahead with anything of such here and we will monitor them, knowing full well the central mosque is in front of the palace. No Shari’a panel in Ekiti state and the one they constituted stands dissolved forthwith.”

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