Islamic clerics have condemned the recent squabble among a group of imams in Inisa town, in Odo-Otin Local Government Area of Osun state, leading to the death of two of the five contenders for the community’s Central Mosque Imam.
Insecurity: Cleric seeks community leaders involvement in intelligence gathering
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A cleric, Sheikh Jamiu Bello, on Saturday, called for the active participation of community leaders in intelligence gathering to enhance security in the country.
Bello, the Chief Imam of Ado-Ekiti and President-General, League of Imams and Alfas in the South-West, made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ado-Ekiti.
The Islamic cleric also urged the public to continue to intensify their support and prayers for the leaders in finding lasting solutions to the security challenges facing the nation.
According to him, there is the need to adopt a more tactical approach, in the form of intelligence gathering and proactive measures to contain the perpetrators of the heinous acts in their own game.