The Yoruba Nation Youth has rejected plans for Sharia law and Sharia courts in the South-West, saying it is part of ploy to sell the region to a Fulanisation agenda from the North.
The group expressed its views in a statement by its Diaspora Leader and Homebased Leader, Messrs Ayodele Ologunloluwa and Oyegunle Omotoyole, respectively.
According to the spokespersons of the group, young Yoruba were prepared to defend their ancestral land against any attempts to impose Sharia law that they saw as part of plans to extend the Fulani empire by into their homeland by subtle means.
“Instead of a Yoruba man prostrating for a Hausa-Fulani, it is better to take courage and die,” the group said in its statement, following reports that the Supreme Council for Sharia in Nigeria (Oyo State Chapter) scheduled January 11, 2025, for the inauguration of a Sharia court in Oyo town.
The event will reportedly take place at the Muslim Community Islamic Centre, Oba Adeyemi High School Road, Mobolaje area, Agbogangan, Oyo.
Reacting to the development, the youths described the proposal as “laughable” and vowed to mobilize resistance efforts if the plan proceeds.
“We will resist any move to impose Sharia law or courts in Yorubaland.
“Yoruba culture and traditions are distinct, and any attempt to introduce alien laws will be met with fierce opposition.
“Sharia law is incompatible with our values, culture, and way of life. We will not allow any attempt to disrupt the peace of Yorubaland under the guise of religious imposition.
“We reject any effort to entrench practices that undermine our faith, values, and identity. We will resist this agenda with all our might.”
This bunch of Yoruba youths is clearly ignorant and misguided. Islam has been in Yoruba land for hundreds of years before the British colonized and introduced Western Christianity to Nigeria. So the youths can’t stop the Muslims from having Shari’ah law alongside the British Christian Common law.