Na By Force? Suspected Cultists Murder Islamic Cleric For Refusing To Buy Indian Hemp

A Muslim cleric has been killed by
suspected cultists…..
A 25-year-old Islamic cleric, Alfa
Rahmon Alabi, has been reportedly
murdered in strange circumstances
by hoodlums suspected to be cultists
because he refused to buy Indian
Hemp (Igbo), for them.
The incident which happened on
Thursday, July 9, at the Ayobo area
of Lagos State, has thrown the
community into a frenzy and
apprehension.
It was gathered that the Iseyin, Oyo
State indigene, was on his way to
the Mosque to conduct the Tahajjud
(Night Prayer), when the hoodlums
accosted him and requested he
bought marijuana for them, but he
refused, saying doing such against
his Islamic faith, abusing them in
the process.
The apparently ‘stoned’ hoodlums
reportedly became angry and
attacked him and in the process,
stabbed him with knives and bottles
after dispossessing him of his
phones and money.
One of Alfa Rahmon’s friends
narrated how the ugly incident
happened:
“Alfa was very popular around here
and we all loved him. He had
nothing to do with cultism. In fact,
he served as the Muezzin (Islamic
faithful who calls for prayers), and
also woke people up with songs
every morning for the Sahur,
preparatory to the fasting.
On Thursday night, he said he was
going for prayer. When he got to
Kaka Junction, the cult members
stopped him and told him to buy
hemp for them.
He refused and said he was on his
way to the mosque for a prayer. He
showed them his Quran as a proof.
Then the cultists said if he knew
what was good for him, he would
buy the hemp because they were
Eiye members (cultists).
He replied them and said, ‘The Eiye
(birds) I know, do not live with
humans, they stay in the forest’.
They became angry that he had the
boldness to reply them. They then
collected his phones and stabbed
him.”
A community leader, Demola Olota,
said four of the six cult members
that perpetrated the crime had been
arrested by the police.