MURIC slams Lagos for allegedly neglecting mosque collapse victim

MURIC slams Lagos for allegedly neglecting mosque collapse victim

The Muslim Rights Concern, an Islamic human rights organization, has revealed that a victim from the collapsed mosque in Mushin, Lagos State, has had their legs amputated.

In a statement issued by Professor Ishaq Akintola, the Executive Director of the organization, it was disclosed that they received information from an anonymous caller on Friday morning about the worsened condition of one of the victims from Al-Mutmahinat Central Mosque located on Yusuf Street, Papa Ajao, Mushin.

“According to the whistle-blower, the victim’s two legs are in such bad shape that one was amputated yesterday (Thursday 30th May 2024). The caller also added that the second leg would be cut off today (Friday 31st May). He lamented that no government official has shown up at all since the victim, a young girl by the name, of Naeemat Lasisi, 13 years, was brought to the hospital. She is now lying helpless in the Orthopaedic Ward of the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH).

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MURIC, however, called out the state government to take responsibility for the victims of the collapsed mosque.

“MURIC calls out the Lagos State Government (LASG) for this act of criminal negligence, official irresponsibility, and inhuman callousness. LASG bulldozer pulled down the mosque where this little girl was badly injured. Another little girl, Anifat Yusuf, died immediately while about fifteen (15) other worshippers sustained various degrees of injuries. Yet LASG did not deem it fit to empathise with little Naeemat Lasisi.

“We hereby warn LASG to take responsibility for all those who were hospitalized as a result of the collapsed mosque at Mushin. We as an organization do not engage in violence. Our motto is ‘Dialogue, Not Violence’. Neither do we issue threats. But we know our onions and we assure LASG that our action over this issue will speak louder than our voice given the government’s lackadaisical attitude.

“MURIC calls on Muslims in Lagos State and all men of conscience, particularly the Lagos Muslim Community and the Joint Muslim Forum of Lagos State to take note of the attitude of the state government on the collapsed mosque and its Muslim victims, both dead and injured.”

MURIC slams Lagos for allegedly neglecting mosque collapse victim