An Islamic group, Muslim Rights Concern, MURIC, on Monday,
urged the National Broadcasting Commission, NBC, to ban ‘Kuku Do Ritual’. an
album by Habeeb Okikiola, popularly known as Portable.
MURIC, in a statement by its Director, Professor Ishaq
Akintola, said the new album would encourage youths and other Nigerians to
embrace ritual.
The group said it finds the song disgusting, detestable and
egregious, saying it is a brazen assault on Nigerian and African values.
He said Portable’s latest song had reduced human life to the
level of ordinary ants that can be stamped out under human feet without qualms
and consequences.
He cited examples of three teenagers caught attempting to
kill a 13-year-old girl for a money ritual in Bayelsa State in January 2022 and
four teenagers living in Abeokuta, Ogun State, who killed a girlfriend of one
of them for a money ritual.
The group called on all men of goodwill, all mothers in
Nigeria, and Muslim and Christian leaders to rise against the ‘Yahoo Yahoo’
madness and ritual killings among young ones whose ambassador has just released
a horrendous song in their praise.
It also called for immediate action from Nigeria’s
traditional rulers, being the custodians of tradition.
He appealed to religious leaders to put pressure on the
authorities to stop the circulation and broadcast of the album on any radio or
television station and through any medium whatsoever.
The group appealed to NBC, the National Film and Video
Censors Board, NFVCB; the Nigerian Copyright Commission, NCC; and the
Performing Musicians’ Association of Nigeria, PMAN, to take necessary action.
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