Nigeria, Feb. 20 -- On 16 October, 2023, I wrote an open letter to the Mufti of Ilorin, Sheikh Sulyman Faruq Onikijipa, and the Ubandoma of Ilorin, Sheikh Abdulkadir Sholagberu. At the time, my concern was a young cleric, popularly known as "Alfa," who was shamelessly promoting a so-called "ritual soap," deceiving gullible followers under the guise of Islamic propagation.

Today, the situation has grown even more dire as a self-proclaimed cleric has been apprehended for committing callous atrocity. The heinous murder and dismemberment of Lawal Hafsoh Yetunde, a final-year student at Kwara State College of Education, Ilorin, allegedly perpetrated by Abdulrahman Mohd Ballo, a self-proclaimed cleric who goes by the name Alfa, has sparked wid...