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The Ikare Muslim Community has removed Alhaji Sirajudeen Ibrahim (a.k.a Batuta) as the Mufassir of Ikare.
This was disclosed in a letter titled: ‘ Report of the Un-Islamic Activities of Alhaji Sirajudeen Ibrahim (a.ka. Batuta) written to the Chairman of the League of Imams and Alfas (LIA) of Ondo State and copied the State Governor, and organisations.
The letter dated 30th of April 2023 read that the removal of the Mufassir was unanimously resolved in a general meeting of Ikare Muslim Community held on Sunday 23rd of April 2024 and indicated that a letter had been written to him on that effect.
The letter signed by majority of the stakeholders of Ikare Muslim Community read that: ” We note with regret that Alhaji Sirajudeen Ibrahim is not a good ambassador of Islam as he had the qualities that are strongly abhoured in Islam which included; pride, envy, arrogance, dishonesty, malice, disregard for Islamic law, self-centered and hypocrite.
According to the letter, Batuta has been accused of misrepresenting the interest of Ikare Muslim Community outside Ikare Akoko and at the Ondo state League of Imams and Alfas (LIA).
It also stated that Alhaji Sirajudeen Ibrahim has destabilized Ikare Muslim Community beyond imagination as it noted the effort of the the learned muslim youths and elites effort in curbing him from what it described as achieving his bad aim in oppressing the Chief Imam and dominating all the Muslims in Ikare.
” We have banned him from representing Ikare Muslim Community anywhere henceforth because he does not act in line with Islamic injunctions and we hereby notify the public, that we have withdrawn his membership as our representative at the Ondo state League of Imams and Alfas(LIA),” it stated.
The Ikare Muslim Community in the letter, requested the stakeholders of the league of Imams and Alfas, Ondo state to relieve Alhaji Sirajudeen Ibrahim (a.ka. Batuta) from his post as Grand Mufti of Ondo state for the sake of peace, unity and Islamic progress.
The letter was signed by the Imam Ratibi of all the quarters. See attached
” His activities in the name of Grand Mufti should be stopped because if he is allowed to continue, he will continue to tarnish the good image of Ondo state League of Imams and Alfas in particular and Islam in general and may later destabilize the league too,” it further stated.
Reacting on the development, Alhaji Sheik Sirajudeen Ibrahim (a.k.a Batuta), said he is not aware of the development which he said might have been sponsored by the dethroned Imam and his supporters.
Ibrahim, who spoke through a telephone conversation said he was in Ilorin to attend a meeting with his Alfa with the Chief Imam who reported him.
He stated, that his Mufassir title was given to him by the Olukare and the entire Ikare people and nobody can withdraw that position from him.
His words: “There is nothing of that nature. I am in Ilorin, it is the Olukare and the entire Ikare people that appointed me the Mufassir, nobody can remove me from that position”
” It is the dethroned Imam of Ikare and his subjects that claimed to be the Ikare Community. There is nothing like that”
“They only want to tarnish their names, the Imam of Ikare reported me to my Alfa at Ilorin which brought me to Ilorin for a meeting, even the Chairman of the Muslim Council is here. Call the Olukare for confirmation , my removal is a purported lie,” Ibrahim said.
