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The Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, yesterday refuted the report making the rounds that it compared Prophet Muhammad (SAW) to Mr. Sunday Adeyemo, a.k.a. Igboho. Thereafter, Nigeria’s Muslim human rights group, the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), appealed for calm.     MURIC’s appeal was issued on Tuesday, 28 th  July, 2021 by the director of the organisation, Professor Ishaq Akintola.     The statement reads:   “The Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, has refuted the report that it compared Prophet Muhammad (SAW) to Mr. Sunday Adeyemo, a.k.a. Igboho ( https://emporiumreporters.com.ng/we-never-liken-igboho-to-prophet-muhammad-afenifere/) . Although the report generated a lot of tension as it angered millions of Muslim faithfuls in the country, we are appealing to Muslims nationwide, particularly Muslim youths to consider the refutal as a retraction and to accept it in good faith.     “In a new statement released yesterday, Afenifere’s National Publicity Secretary, Comrade Jar

Nigeria’s Muslim human rights group, the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), has demanded unreserved apology from Afenifere, the Yoruba socio-cultural group,  comparing Sunday Adeyemo, a.k.a Igboho, to Prophet Muhammad (SAW). Afenifere had compared Igboho’s current travail in Benin Republic to that of Prophet Muhammad in Madinah.     In a press release issued by the director of MURIC, Professor Ishaq Akintola, the human rights group said Afenifere’s statement was not only sacriledgious but outrageous and audacious. MURIC advised Afenifere to compare Igboho to any of the Yoruba heroes if they must idolise him.     The statement reads:   “Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, has compared Sunday Adeyemo, a.k.a. Igboho, to Prophet Muhammad. This is totally unacceptable. It is not only sacriledgious but outrageous and audacious. Afenifere has manifested categorical desertification of discernibility coupled with an alarming height of tramadolised hero-worshipping. It is provocative, prepostero

The Power Apostolic Church International, Ojoo, Ibadan, Oyo State, is planning the official inauguration of the Yoruba Nation Christian Association (YORNCA). The event is billed to take place on Wednesday, 28 th  July, 2021.     However, the Nigerian Islamic human rights organisation, Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), has kicked against the inauguration. According to MURIC, such an act will give the impression that the agitation for the establishment of a Yoruba nation is a Christian agenda. MURIC therefore called on leaders of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in Yorubaland to prevail on the leadership of the Power Apostolic Church International to shelve the inauguration plan.     A statement signed by the group’s director, Professor Ishaq Akintola, on Monday, 26 th  July, 2021, described the inauguration plan as reckless, immature and an attempt to put the cart before the horse.     The press release reads:   “The inauguration of a certain group to be called the Yoruba Nation