As the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, intervenes in the attack that Oro worshippers unleashed on a mosque on Thursday, an eyewitness has given a picture of the incident.
The witness, Bashir AbdulAzeez, told the News Agency of Nigeria that the Muslims were attacked while about to say their evening prayer.
He said, “We were about to observe our Salatul Asr on Thursday evening around 4:30 pm, when scores of Oro worshipers attacked us as we did our ablution.
“They attacked us and told us to move away. Before we could explain anything, they started beating our people.
“They invaded the mosque and destroyed the Quran and other properties,” AbdulAzeez stated.
According to him, the Imam and five other Muslims have been receiving treatment at the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital Complex, Ile-Ife.
The Police Spokesperson for Osun Command, SP Opalola Yemisi, said that the attack was confirmed and that the oloobatala people attacked the Muslims at their worship place.
Opalola said that investigation was still ongoing in the case.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that there was pandemonium at Idi Omoh Mosque, Ilare, Ile Ife, on Thursday, when Oro worshipers attacked Muslims.
