Sultan, MUSWEN, Wades Into OAU MSSN Legitimacy Crisis

The Muslim Ummah of South West Nigeria (MUSWEN) has summoned a stakeholders meeting of all those involved in the legitimacy crisis rocking the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) Muslim Students’ Society of Nigeria (MSSN) to a stakeholders meeting in Ibadan on April 17.

This was sequel to series of petitions and counter petitions received by the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar and MUSWEN on the same matter.

The Sultan, who doubles as the President- General of Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), directed MUSWEN under the leadership of its Executive Secretary, Prof . Daud Noibi to find a lasting solution to the lingering crisis.

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To this end, letters have been forwarded to all those concerned in the matter to appear before the MUSWEN reconciliatory meeting slated for Monday April 17 in Ibadan.

Those invited were the OAU Muslim Graduates Association (UNIFEMGA), OAU Muslim Community, the parties of MSSN OAU branch, the Osun State Muslim Community, MSSN B -Zone, MSSN Osun State Area Unit and Ife Muslim Community.

In a letter written to all the stakeholders, they were to send in their representatives with their presentation before the panel on April 17.

It will be recalled that Akeem Idowu led MSSN OAU branch has petitioned all the Muslim bodies that one Abdurrasheed Bakare of the same institution has been using the name of MSSN and parading himself as the leader.

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Sequel to this, the Spiritual head of the institution, Prof. Abubakr Sanusi also disowned Abdurasheed Bakare group alongside other stakeholders in the community.

The stakeholders include Prof. Abubakr Sanusi, the Chief Imam of the OAU Central Mosque, Dr S.O Oseni as well as the Muslim Community of the Institution headed by Prof. Isiaka Aransi.

In separate letters addressed to the Dean of Students’ Affairs (DSA) and which were made available to newsmen, they stated that the activities of the group are not in tandem with dictates of Islam and that of the recognised and registered Muslim Students Society of Nigeria (MSSN) on campus headed by Akeem Idowu of Public Administration Department.

Similarly, the Muslim Alumni body, UNIFEMGA through its National President, Engr. Abdulwaheed Odeyimka had raised an alarm over the existence of an illegal Muslim Students body on campus masquerading as the original and recognised MSSN.

A similar alarm was raised by the recognised MSSN Amir, Akeem Idowu to the Acting Vice Chancellor and the DSA to quickly arrest the situation as the group was using the name of MSSN to perpetrate illegal activities on campus and extorting money from innocent Nigerians to execute its illegal programmes.

Worried by the consequences of the students’ action, the Sultan directed MUSWEN to urgently nip the matter in the bud.

The authorities of OAU had equally endorsed Akeem Idowu as the recognised and registered MSSN group on campus and set up a disciplinary committee to sanction any erring group or students.