The Muslim Rights Concern have applauded the Governor of Ogun State, Dapo Abiodun, for signing the Ogun State Chieftaincy Bill into law.
The group’s director, Ishaq Akintola, in a statement issued in Lagos today, Monday, January 17, 2022, described the law as a booster for freedom of religion.
Akintola who noted that the new law would curb fetish practices in the installation and burial of Ogun kings, further explained that the law would allow each king to be installed and buried according to his beliefs.
“It will stop overbearing traditionalists who have monopolised the installation and burial rites of Obas in the state with their fetish practices without respecting the personal religious beliefs of the Obas,” he said.
He said many Christians and Muslims who were eligible for the kingship position but could not compete with the ruling house due to the fetish practices would now be able to do so.
He further expressed hope that “Ogun lawmakers may have to take another look at this aspect as it may require another bill to stop the imposition of illegal curfew by Oro worshippers.”
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