Afonja descendants allege marginalisation by Fulani in Ilorin, want more recognition

Date: 2019-08-26

The Afonja Descendants, the predominant Yoruba tribes in Ilorin, have alleged marginalisation by the Fulani who they described as usurpers of their ancestral heritage.

In a petition signed by its President, Alhaji Abdulkareem Olola Kasum, dated August 24, 2019, the Afonja, who lay claim to being active participants in the setting up of Ilorin, accused the authorities in the state, as well as the headship of the Fulani, of doing everything possible to denigrate and make people forget the Afonja family.

The petition condemned the naming of roads and public institutions after notable indigenes but none for Afonja despite his leadership status in the foundation of Ilorin.

But speaking on the development, the spokesman for the Emir of Ilorin, Malam AbdulAzeez Arowona, described the petition as mischievous and a calculated attempt to brew hatred. Arowona, in a chat with The Guardian in Ilorin, said the history of Ilorin, "as being taught or read," remained, adding that no one could obliterate the role of Afonja in the history. He said the descendants of Afonja hold two powerful titles in the town to the exclusion of others to serve as a mark of honour to their progenitor. These are 'Magaji Aare' and 'Baba-Isale.'

Arowona said that the incumbent Emir, Dr. Ibrahim Sulu Gambari, who is a man of peace, gave liberty, freedom, due respect and honour to all and sundry in the town. Kasum, who accused the Emirate of deliberate attempt to make people forget about Afonja, urged Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq to wade into the matter.so that the state of harmony will be it in its true form rather than a mere appellation, adding that it is not too late for the new administration to amend and correct the open injustice.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Dairo Kunle Paul     Dar-Al-Handasah Consultants     Hameed Oladipupo Ali     Durosinlohun Atiku     Ahmed \'Lateef     Bola Ahmed Tinubu     Iyabo Adisa Ibiyeye     Kwara Coalition Of Business And Professional Associations     Kwara State Television (KWTV)     Aminat Omodara     SDP     Folorunsho Alao     Amada Jidda     Titus Suberu-Ajibola     MAI Akande     Dunmade     Ubandawaki     Ayobami Seriki     Sai Kayi     Ibrahim Sulu Gambari     Kemi Adeosun     Lateef Alagbonsi     AbdulFatai Adeniyi Dan-Kazeem     Tafidan Kaiama     JSSCE     Ahmed Ayinla Jimoh     Abdulmumini Sanni Jawondo     Odogun Olushola Gabriel     Tafida Of Ilorin     Bature Bello     Olajumoke Monsura Gafar     Volunteers Of Ilorin Community And The Emirate     Shaaba Lafiagi     Folashade Omoniyi     Medinat Folorunsho Salman     Ilorin Water Reticulation     Mahfouz Adedimeji     Computer Based Test     Olupako Of Share     Oyun     Unilorin FM     Ahmad Olayiwola Kamaldeen     Ganiyu Taofiq     AbdulRahman Saad     Kwara State Fire Service     Emir Of Lafiagi     Abdulmajeed Wahab     Aminat Ahmed     AbdulRazaq AbduMajeed Alaro     Kulende     Olumide Daniel Ibitoye     Nigerian Army     Yunus Oniboki     Kwara State Polytechnic     HICA     Students Union Government     Kola Olota     Muhammad Ghali Alaaya     Ilorin International Airport     Earlyon Technologies     Abdullahi Dasilva Yussuf     Rapheal Ashaolu     Olabimpe Olani     COVID-19 Palliatives     FERMA     Sunday Popo-Ola     Jamiu Oyawoye     Abdulkadir Bolakale Sakariyah     Kazeem Oladepo     Gbemi Saraki     Colleges Of Education Academic Staff Union     Alapado     Stephen Fasakin     Share     C2c@kwarastate.gov.ng     Bashir Adigun     Kayode Oyin Zubair    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

New Nigeria People’s Party     Kola Bukoye     Simeon Ajibola     Lateef Fagbemi     Tunji Olawuyi     Simeon Sule Ajibola     Offa Grammer School     Kwara Hotel     COEASU     Isiaka AbdulRazaq     Lola Olabayo     Hamidat Sulyman-Yusuf     Tosin Saraki     Chief Imam Of Omu-Aran     Jamila Bio Ibrahim     Medinat Folorunsho Salman     Kwabes     Moronfoye     Yakubu Dogara     Muhammad Yahya     Onilupeju Of Ilupeju     Binta Abubakar-Mora     Vasolar Consultoria     Abdulrazaq Sanni     Mogaji Aare     Oniyangi     Alao Ayotunde     Musa Abdullahi     Hydroelectric Power Producing Areas Development Commission     Sidikat Akaje     Ibikunle Ogunleye     Olayinka Oladapo Jogunola     Olofa Of Offa     Babata     Yusuf Amuda Gobir     Oluwole Dupe     Abdulbaqi Jimoh     Nigeria Customs Service     KWASEIC     Galland Marcias     Abdulahi Abubakar Bata     Ilorin Emirate Staff Association     NIPOGA     Musbau A. Akanji     Y.A. Abdulkareem     Saliu Oluwole     Eghe Igbinehi     ARMTI     Kudirat Arinola Lawal     Kayode Alabi     Agor Market     Lukman Oyebanji Fagbemi     Trade Lenda SME Fair     Mohammed Abduraheem     Playing Host     Idiagbon     Mahmud Ajeigbe     CT Ayeni     Gbenga Adebayo     Sheikh Alimi     Kunle Akogun     Aminat Ahmed     Omoniyi     Old Oyo     Valsolar Consultoria     Bio Ibrahim     Apata Ajele Secondary School     Fatimat Saliu     Amosa     Aliyu Alhassan     Wahab Isa     Bolaji Nagode     Mohammed Lawal Bagega     Kwara United     Yaman     Valsolar     Owo Isowo