05/06/2026
M***i-Iwo: The Beast on the Pulpit : How Banditry Sermons Began at the Altar
In my language, a proverb says: If a compound is at peace, the bastard child in that compound is neither born nor fully grown.
That child, Dooad Imran Omoolansa, has now grown. Before people rush to blame the gods, let this child be curbed and tamed. Silence in the face of growing evil is not wisdom, it is cowardice.
1.Banditry: Nigeria's Booming Enterprise
Banditry has become a colossal enterprise in Nigeria. Aside from politics, it is now the most booming business in the nation, surpassing co***ne trafficking, armed robbery, and ritual killings. According to fact-checkers, ransom payments alone have pushed the banditry economy to an estimated 6 trillion naira, possibly including external funding from ISIS and ISWAP, as well as covert support from terrorist-sponsoring nations.
In the last ten years, especially during Buhari's regime, banditry evolved into a full-fledged business. Under President Tinubu, it has become a registered enterprise, with terrorists flaunting proceeds on social media and employing spokesmen to assist negotiations. I refer, of course, to Gumi and his satanic, evil network.
2.Where Banditry Truly Began: The Pulpit and the Altar
Banditry and terrorism did not emerge from a vacuum. They began from pulpit and altar radicalisation. In the North, hate preaching against "infidels" rose steadily. Some sheikhs and imams deliberately misquoted the Quran, selecting verses filled with radicalisation to teach Almajiris and Quranic students while omitting those speaking of the soul's liberation toward Almighty God.
The altar became a podium for slaughter, not physically at first, but spiritually through indoctrination. Emirs, political leaders, academics, elites, and elder statesmen in the North remained silent. To enrich jihadism, figures like Pantami, Gumi's father (called Ayatollah), Usman Dan Fodio, and many others carried the baton. Religious indoctrination strips away common sense. Have you watched Jehovah's Witnesses argue blindly using their own Bible version? The same mechanism is at work here.
3.The Southern Creep: Pulpit Radicalisation Arrives in the Southwest
That same dangerous pattern is now creeping into the South West, not through open war, jihadism, or colonialism, but through pulpit radicalisation by bastards who call themselves Yorubas while camouflaging in religious robes as sheikhs.
Let me be clear: We know true imams and great Alfas. I have shown love for Alfa Jamiu Amin Olorun, Sheikh Murktaz, Akewu Gba Gold, Chief Imam of Ibadan Agbotomokekere, Chief Imam of Oyo, former Chief Imam of Abuja Central Mosque, Late Baba Muyideen Bello, and Alfa Imole. But M***i-Iwo is different, a fanatical, satanic irredentist dangerous to the Southwest.
4.Who Is M***i-Iwo? A Name That Does Not Fit
His name does not sound genuinely Yoruba. One may conclude he is an outcast from Fulani stock, seeking a backdoor to become a son of Yorubaland through religious warfare. I have never heard this man preach Islam or the gospel of Allah. He preaches hatred, war, division, and venom against Non Muslims and traditional religion.
5.His Words: A Catalogue of Hatred
From his own altar, these are his expressed positions:
1. Train Muslim children how to shoot, as commanded by Mohammed, he claims but lied.
2. Killing is acceptable under the Quran for blasphemy, a view shared by some Imam in one area of Oyo state.
3. Raising an army,captured on video. The same action landed Nnamdi Kanu in prison.
4. Repeated attacks on Christians through unguarded statements.
5. Support for an Afghanistan-style government in Yorubaland.
6. Complete hatred for traditional religion, using vulgar Yoruba abuse from his sacred pulpit. No wonder Iwo cannot make him chief imam.
7. His recent threat to "beat down anyone who opposes sharia."
This last statement is deeply troubling. Sharia has not even been introduced, yet he threatens violence. Will people not see this as an invitation to religious war? Do you think the West was stupid to give us a uniform legal system without religious colouration?
6.A Beast Waiting to Become a Demon
M***i-Iwo is a beast who will soon become a demon from the pulpit, laying groundwork for a new banditry in the Southwest. Honestly, I have not seen sane people from Iwo recently. Awon Omo Olodo Oba. Awon Omo Oba. Iwo has great people. But, people like M***i-Iwo, is a cancer in this land
Even their king, the Oluwo of Iwo, does not act as a Yoruba Oba with cultural preservation knowledge. M***i wants to raise an "Islamic Army for protection, an invitation to anarchy. He has abused Yorubas while exalting Gumi and his father. Given the opportunity, M***i-Iwo will reveal himself as the terrorist he is waiting to become.
7.What Is Osun State Doing?
I do not know what Osun State is doing about him, but they had better watch closely. His agenda is not welfarist; it is alien to Yoruba communal unity. He is being watched, my friend Dewale has called him out at a time and that is commendable.But this man needs attention before he becomes a cancer.
8.Gumi, Amnesty, and the Hypocrisy of Comparisons
Gumi calls for amnesty for jihadists and bandits, comparing them to Niger Delta militants. But examine that false equivalence: How many ransoms have Niger Delta militants collected? How many churches and mosques have they burnt? How many girls r***d and forcefully married? How many innocent people slaughtered from North to South? How many military bases overrun? Which terrorist nations sponsor them? The answer is clear. Religion makes us think less.
Gumi and M***i-Iwo belong to the same terror family. Repentant terrorists now attack emirs place, burnt the palace, politicians, schools, religious houses, hospitals, and public places, all because we kept quiet, supported blindly, and delayed action against rascals whose "prodigal" children became murderers.
9 A Word of Gratitude and a Warning
We thank Balogun Oderinlo for his war against the invasion of Western Nigeria and Yorubaland. But I hope the present and incoming governors will not be cursed for betraying Yorubaland by failing to act against this religious beast on the altar. This warning extends to pastors and Isese criminals who use their pulpits and shrines to harm Yoruba national unity.
Conclusion: Before the Cancer Spreads
The bastard child has grown. He stands on a pulpit disguised as a man of God, but his words are weapons. His army is being trained. His ideology is taking root. The question is no longer whether M***i-Iwo is dangerous. The question is: Will our leaders act before he becomes unstoppable?
Yorubaland has survived many threats. But a cancer nurtured on the altar, dressed in religious robes, and fueled by hate is different. We must act. Not tomorrow. Not next week. Now is the hour.
