A Kwara-based group, Ilorin Emirate Youth Vanguard, IEIYV, has threatened to drag a cleric, Saidi Shittu to court for allegedly insulting the Emir of Ilorin, Dr. Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari.
The group demanded an apology from the cleric for purportedly denigrating and defaming the character of the monarch.
The President of the group, Mallam Alaburo Abdulsalam Sheriff, in a statement issued in Ilorin on Tuesday, explained that it would allow him a reasonable length of time to apologise for insulting the respected traditional ruler.
The statment reads in part, “Our flag in Ilorin stand for peace and it’s preciously appreciated by everyone throughout the country that we so much respect the Integrity and image of our dearly Emir, in no circumstance, shall we give in room for an insult on Him, we watched the video clip did by one man who seems to have lost his sense of thinking called Saidi Shittu, where he insulted His Royal Highness Emir of Ilorin, we know not, may be Saidi Shittu want to live cripply or wish to live in absence of his mental faculty, because he knows not the gravity of what he has used his orifice to make.
“We were agape, why he pounded on Emir of Ilorin name, because Mai martaba Serki Ilori Is not among his moon calf coven, so why would he intervene his useless and miserable tongues on Emir’s name, this is just the last warning, Saidi Shittu You have room for apology and abrogation of your claim before legal intervention, rather your generation may cease to exist on surface of the earth if you continue to insult those who protect the Religion of Islam. You have no iota of right to mention Emir of Ilorin name, you have the right to insult your so called Leaders in your unkown and baseless origin, but not here in Ilorin.
“Alhaji Dr Ibrahim Sulu Gambari CFR, Emir of Ilorin, this the man that stand to straight those bend religious matter in our society, this the man that sacrifice his whole life for the progress of Islamic Religion, this is the man that control a whole town in accordance to the provision of Quran and prophetic messages, you may be an idol worshippers where you were flush out, but never and ever mention Emir of Ilorin’s name In your so-called Lecture. The privilege is yours, before an irreversible step is taken.”