Ayilara Descendants Family, Ogbomoso, has disowned the Chief Imam of Ogbomosoland, Imam Teliat Olushina Ayilara saying he’s not an original son of the family.
The family described the Chief Imam as an impostor, using social media to allegedly blackmail the Soun of Ogbomoso.
The family made this known, on Sunday while speaking with newsmen, in Ibadan, the Oyo state capital.
Speaking on behalf of the family, Prince Hassan Ayilara said that Imam Olushina has brought disrepute to Imam Ayilara’s family, the prestigious throne of Soun and the image of the entire Muslim Community in Ogbomosoland.
Hassan Ayilara in a reaction to a recent interview granted by the Chief Imam to a newspaper noted that Imam Ayilara’s family of Ogbomoso doesn’t know Imam Teliat Olushina in the family.
According to him, there are six recognised Chief Imam families in Ogbomosoland which are Bango, Alawiye, Abogunde, Aduinin, Ile Imam and Ayilara.
He said Ayilara’s family is not in support of threat calls to Soun of Ogbomosoland and the Chiefs by the Chief Personal Assistant to Alfa Teliat Olushina as reported in an online news platform.
He said: “We condemned the attacks and molestation by hoodlums in which various properties were destroyed and many seriously injured.
“Teliat has been sent away from Imam Ayilara’s family quarters of Ogbomoso a long time ago since it was detected that he was an imposter and not the original son of the Ayilara family of Ogbomoso.
“We state that Imam Ayilara’s family of Ogbomosoland frowns at insults on Soun by Imam Teliat Olushina and against Muslim organisations, individuals, sons and daughters of Ogbomosoland.
“We dissociate ourselves from his effrontery, we can never be part of that as we hold the Soun of Ogbomosoland in high esteem whose dynasty made our forefathers Chief Imam of Ogbomosoland.
The effort to reach Imam Taliat Olushina for a reaction proved abortive as calls out to his phone did not go through.