February 25, 2025
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Busy Brain Writes From FCT, Abuja

 

The social trends have been following a similar pattern from this early February till moment and the most prevalent banters have been doing a roundtable discussion on our highly revered Islamic clerics (Alfas).

Social media, a very loose, porous and disjointed medium yet the largest employer of labour in Nigeria, has come to roost in the backyard of Muslim clerics with different content creators creating comical contents to lampoon the Alfas. The messages from the innuendos are not far-fetched, they are demeaning and explosive to the status of the Muslim clerics (Sufi).

Funnily, when the waves of Ganusi, an interpellated insult from the ace Fuji maestro, Wasiu Ayinde seems to be diminishing, another heartless, malignant self-proclaimed, cleric, Abdulrahman raised the tempo of garbage of insults and salvos against Alfas. This time, the content creators have taken another dimension to result to ethnic profiling. Of the evil effect of social media, our clerics are currently having their large share in big size.

Emphatically, the era of Ganusi erupted heavy storm and volcano from different quarters, the mantra became exacerbated when Ayinde Marshall declined apology request from Sheik Suleiman Faruq. Personally, I didn’t take offense in the Ganusi remark, I took side when Wasiu Ayinde publicly declined to apologise. Of course, Ganusi is an insult, though not intended to be derogatory, but the height of arrogance displayed publicly and his refusal to tender mild apology gave a clearer picture of the slang.

Of course, an average Muslim with a touch of Arabic knowledge will take side with clerics, while some who have already labelled the clerics with covetous emblem followed K1 De Ultimate. Regardless of the sides one belongs, it was obvious the clerics took their grounds and chastised King Wasiu Ayinde unilaterally. In fact, many video clips captured some clerics raining heavy curses and giving ultimatum to Wasiu Ayinde to retract the derogatory remark. The unison deployed by a larger percentage of clerics to rebuke and drag Wasiu on social for soiling their unsullied reputation must be commended.

The Ganusi had come and gone, and the same clerics are left with another ritualists appellation battle on social media. Unfortunately, the voice the clerics used to criticise Wasiu Ayinde is nowhere to be found, as expected. Kudos to the Muslim clerics who have come out to condemn the gruesome murder of Hafsoh, the killing of Hafsoh is what all well-meaning Nigerians condemned and, of course, we await the judgment. Have the clerics condemned themselves for their unrewarding sermons and twisted Qur’anic verses glorifying hasty wealth? How many of the Alfas who gave the ultimatum to Wasiu Ayinde have come out to give stern warning to their counterparts preaching hasty wealth? Between Ganusi insult against Alfas and ritualists appellation, which one is more derogatory?

The sad reality is that Alfas now enjoy social media drama more than the bloggers. Some acclaimed Alfas twist reality in the Holy Book to suit their narrative for likes, comments and followers, Alfas now flaunt wealth, convoy on social media, attack themselves and turn themselves to object of ridicule before the public. Many have exchanged the prestige and dignity of being an Alfa with followers on social media.

As a matter of fact, the task before the Islamic clerics extends beyond ‘sycophant-value’ on the ritual activities of a young member, it is time to openly address the unreligious, unholy and devilish preachings of their members for the sake of virtue and sanity. It is time for the Islamic clerics (Sufi) to really emulate the late Sheiks with their preachings. The much reason why Sheik Aboto’s death will continue to be painful to the marrow. Enough of unnecessary motivation and glorification of hasty wealth. It is time for our Alfas to address themselves and call a spade a spade. The same followers you are pleasing with twisted preachings are currently playing your throwbacks for ridicule. The misguided utterances are becoming intermittent; it is time to take a pause, though, social media will never forget your misleading preachings. Ma Salam!

 

Busy Brain is an award-winning journalist, writer, Public Relations Strategist, Poet, Media Critic, Lecturer. His works have been featured in the Nigerian Tribune, The Nation, Vanguard, Thisday, National Pilot, Punch, Newsexpress, Gazette, Osun Defender, Politics Nigeria, and numerous online blogs. He is an author on Nairaland, Opera news and featured on TNT 102.5 FM, Okin 105.7FM as a guest journalist. He is the Publisher of Salient Reporters, a vibrant online platform.

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