The Supreme Council for Shariah in Nigeria, yesterday demanded a commission of enquiry into the recent clash between the Yoruba and Hausa communities in Ile Ife, where some people lost their lives.
Addressing newsmen in Osogbo, the deputy president of the council, Sheik Abdur’ Rasheed Adiyatullahi, said Yoruba and Hausa have lived together in peace for more than two decades in Ile Ife.
The commission of enquiry, according to the commission, must unravel the remote and immediate causes of the crises.
The group also demanded arrest of all masterminds of the mayhem to discourage act of lawlessness among the people.
The group expressed its determination to ensure that the Yoruba people of Southwest continue to live in peace with other ethnic groups or nationality.
Calling on National Emergency Management Agency, (NEMA) and well meaning Nigerians to assist victims of the mayhem through provision of relief materials, the Sharia commission added that people of Yoruba race remain closest to the Hausa people.
It also called for harmonious relationship among all inhabitants of Ile Ife and commended Governor Rauf Aregbesola and Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Ogunwusi for their quick response which prevented escalation of the crises