MUSLIMs GROUP CALLS FOR THE IMMEDIATE ARREST OF ALAAFIN OF OYO.

A Yoruba Muslims group under the aegis of Yoruba Muslims for Freedom (YMF) has called on the DSS to immediately arrest and prosecute the Alaafin of Oyo for creating a state inside a state.

Speaking with newsmen early Saturday morning in Oyo, the group’s spokesman, Mr Lateef Akinwale said “We the people of Oyo and the defenders of fundamental freedoms, condemns in the strongest possible terms the unlawful and autocratic declaration of a curfew imposed by the Alàáfin of Oyo, One Abimbola Akeem Owoade. This arbitrary curfew, declared by a non-state actor stands null and void. No part of the Nigerian Constitution empowered a monarch to declare curfew anywhere in the country. Curfew is within the power of a civil government, it is not within the power of any traditional ruler. Only the President or the governor can declare a curfew.

The Alàáfin is not a sovereign ruler of the land; he is a traditional figure who holds no legal or constitutional authority to declare such sweeping restrictions over the people. By unilaterally attempting to impose a curfew, he is creating a state within a state, an authoritarian mini-empire that operates outside of the rule of law, ignoring the basic principles of democratic governance and individual freedoms. This is an affront to the sovereignty of the Nigerian state, and to the fundamental rights of every citizen who resides within Oyo Township.

This declaration of curfew is an unconstitutional power grab—a blatant attempt to suppress the freedoms of the people, and a direct violation of their rights to free movement, autonomy, and liberty. The Alaafin’s threat to arrest and detain people who defy this illegal curfew is a call for chaos in the peaceful Oyo State and the government must intervene immediately to restore order and freedom.

We demand the immediate arrest of the Alàáfin, as he has exceeded his power and created a parallel system of governance in blatant

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