Oyo CP brokers peace between Soun of Ogbomoso, Chief Imam
The Commissioner of Police in Oyo State, Ayodele Sonubi has brokered peace between the Soun of Ogbomoso, Oba Afolabi Ghandi Olaoye and the embattled Chief Imam of the town, Sheikh Taliat Yunus Olusina Ayilara.
The reconciliation meeting took place in Ogbomoso on Wednesday.
The meeting which was still ongoing as of the time of filing this report was summoned to calm the frayed nerves of the two sides.
For the past few weeks, there has been a strained relationship between the two which has attracted external attention.
According to a source at the meeting, the “two parties bore their minds and the meeting was quite revealing and the outcome fruitful. Oba Ghandi had started taking the Imam as a son when some aggrieved Muslim leaders started poisoning the Kabiyesi’s mind against imam.”
It was further gathered that fake news and hate speeches mostly on social media had worsened the crisis.
“Many things were known for the first time by the duo of monarch and the Imam today that were shockingly untrue. At last the two parties are ready to embrace peace.
” It’s quite disturbing to know that Muslims, particularly prominent Muslims and scholars were the ones interested in the removal of Imam and not the Oba Ghandi himself.
“Honestly, if you listened to the Kabiyesi, he wasn’t interested in removing Imam. The Muslim leaders may meet with the Kabiyesi very soon and normalcy will be restored. There is no point mentioning or showing faces of those behind the removal of Imam.
“There is need to make peace with everybody. The Imam has a lot to do and he has given assurances that he will normalize relationships with the king and everybody in Ogbomoso”, the source said.