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Islamic Cleric Who Killed Wife Over Food On Christmas Day Arrested
Alfa Mutiu Sonola, Islamic Cleric Who Killed Wife Over Food On Christmas Day Arrested
A violent cleric who allegedly killed his wife during a fight that broke out over food in Ogun state on Christmas day has been arrested.
The 37-year-old Islamic cleric popularly called Alfa Mutiu Sonola reportedly beat his wife , Zainab Shotayo to death in the early hours of Christmas Day (Wednesday the 25th of December) in Ibara area of Ogun state.
According to the father of the victim, he beat the deceased to coma early Wednesday morning.
She reportedly gave up the ghost at Ijaye General Hospital.
He was said to have fled to an unknown location shortly after the attack before police picked him up from his hide out on the same day.
Ogun state Police spokesperson, Abimbola Oyeyemi said preliminary investigation revealed that the suspect who also worked as a carpenter was fond of beating his late wife at any slight provocation.
Judith Okeke
December 26, 2019 at 11:55 PM
See his head like pumpkin. No mercy I say no mercy. He must be sentenced to death also
Olaleye Kehinde
December 27, 2019 at 1:36 AM
See what religious intolerance and hatred for christians caused?
I don’t know why we should be practicing FOREIGN RELIGIONS with hatred of mind!
I will not beg anybody of other religions to love Christians.
Abubakar rahman
December 27, 2019 at 8:05 AM
kehinde you should be sanction for hate speech because why are you insulting other people religion naah the guy wickedness kill am, please before you comment try and think well
Wisest King
December 29, 2019 at 9:44 PM
What is the hatred of Christians in this case? Was the late wife a Christian? Sometimes I wonder whether people read news before they comment
oyewole musa
December 30, 2019 at 8:12 AM
what religious intolerance got to do in this case!? Are they fighting over Christmas food?.
Hannah
December 27, 2019 at 5:09 AM
Dis monster must be eradicated. Why wait till Christmas day to kill her.
This is premeditated murder
D Hunter
December 27, 2019 at 5:27 AM
THIS Is a big shame on this man and all haters of Christians world wide.
Sometimes I pause to wonder why some men really beats up their wives.
Thesame woman you were head-over-heel in love with just few moments ago has suddenly turn out to be your punching bag, I mean, this is totally wrong.
I don‘t know maybe because Im still single but honestly, I don‘t think I can ever raise my hands on my woman. Cross my heart.
In thesame vein, you cannot beat my daughter or sister to death for any reason and expect me to leave you still breathing and blinking. NEVER!
I take a stroll…
D Hunter
December 27, 2019 at 5:47 AM
ONE Of the problems I always have in a topic like this is to wish a departed muslim a REST in peace.
The simple reason for this is that honestly, I don‘t really know where their souls are going after death.
Little wonder, even they themselves are not too sure of where they are going after this life.
Definitely, not Heaven because Jesus ONLY is the way. (John14:6).
Pls don‘t get this twisted, I am in no way judging anyone here. But then, (if you know, you know).
WISHING EVERYONE THE BEST OF THE SEASON.
I take a stroll…
Y2A
December 27, 2019 at 6:30 AM
Jesus only is the only way? Are you even reading the bible or you are just my parent is christian fella?
I pity many of you here, making cheap point of this situation…
Mustapha Abdullahi
December 27, 2019 at 8:32 AM
You think you’re the owner of heaven right, I beat you Jesus will deny you because he never call himself God but you did. He never claimed to be God, and we believe in Jesus more than you because we read in the Quran about Jesus peace be with him and no Muslim is a Muslim if he doesn’t believe in Jesus peace be upon him. Read your Bible very well with understanding you may end up becoming a Muslim. Thanks
ICEBERG
December 29, 2019 at 12:49 AM
Quran and HADITH teach about beating Muslims Wife, so therefore Quran and Hadith is the Inspiration behind what that Alfa did. If you have anything to blame for his actions, it was from Allah(quran) and Mohammed(Hadiths)
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FROM QURAN
● “Men are the protectors and maintainers of women… As to those women on whose part ye fear disloyalty and ill-conduct: admonish them, refuse to share their beds, and last 👉🏾 beat them; but if they return to obedience, seek not against them means of annoyance: for Allah is Most High.”👈🏿🤷🏾🤗😎
(Qur’an 4:34)
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From HADITH
● “I (Aisha) said: Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), may my father and mother be ransom for you, and then I told him (the whole story). He (ﷺ) said: Was it the darkness (of your shadow) that I saw in front of me? I said: Yes. He (ﷺ) 👉🏾 struck me on the chest which caused me pain,👈🏾 and then said: Did you think that Allah and His Apostle (ﷺ) would deal unjustly with you?”
(Sahih Muslim Book 4, Number 2127)
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● “Narrated Aisha: Abu Bakr came to towards me and 👉🏿struck me violently with his fist👈🏿👉🏿 and said: “You have detained the people because of your necklace.” But I remained motionless as if I was dead lest I should awake Allah’s Apostle (ﷺ) although that hit was very painful.”👈🏿
(Sahih Bukhari Volume 8, Book 82, Number 828)
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● “The Prophet (ﷺ) said: A man will 👉🏾 NOT be asked as to why he BEAT his wife.”👈🏾
(Sunan Abu-Dawud Book 11, Number 2142) or [2147]
Aqua
December 27, 2019 at 9:53 AM
If u want to fault d guy with his deed, I accept. He could be punished accordingly but never associate his deed with religion. Islam doesn’t permit killing, if u know u know.. How on earth will u refer Islam as a foreign religion? If u call Islam a foreign religion, what will u call CHRISTIANITY? Is it Nigerian religion? Always think before u talk…
Iya
December 27, 2019 at 10:10 AM
You can say whatever you wanted to say, let it be clear to you Islam is not the religion of violence but religion of peace.
Islam did not in any situation give room for beating wife nor killing any soul.
If you are saying that have we not heard about pastor killing also, recently pastor Alfa of sotitobire who kidnapped his member’s son for ritual at Akure, what he had done is not Islamic, don’t attribute it to religion.
If you are talking about rejecting Christmas food, there are many Christians that didn’t eat muslim festival’s food also.
What am saying is that don’t criticise anybody base on what he wants or dislike. There are individual difference
Face your own palaver.
Yoruba adage says ”bo se wa ni liki lo wa ni gbanja” I.e. as you see some irresponsible Muslims as well as there are many irresponsible Christian.
I pray Allah guide you aright and let you realise the truth as truth and false as false.
Lola O
December 28, 2019 at 10:07 PM
I don’t see why a matter of domestic violence has to turn into a religious debate. There was no reason for him to beat his wife into pulp and that goes for all men. Men who beat their wives learn it from their fathers. You men out there, your children are watching you and will follow your patterns of behavior. Women should value themselves more than stay in violent relationships until they pay the ultimate price with their lives. There’s no premeditation in that unfortunate incident. Uncontrollable anger often leads to excessive force that oftentimes results in murder. We should think about the consequences of our actions before we act, otherwise we may end up where we never intended. The husband’s life is also destroyed and will never be the same. May peace be upon her soul.
ICEBERG
December 29, 2019 at 12:51 AM
Quran and HADITH teach about beating Muslims Wife, so therefore Quran and Hadith is the Inspiration behind what that Alfa did. If you have anything to blame for his actions, it was from Allah(quran) and Mohammed(Hadiths)
👇
FROM QURAN
● “Men are the protectors and maintainers of women… As to those women on whose part ye fear disloyalty and ill-conduct: admonish them, refuse to share their beds, and last 👉🏾 beat them; but if they return to obedience, seek not against them means of annoyance: for Allah is Most High.”👈🏿🤷🏾🤗😎
(Qur’an 4:34)
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From HADITH
● “I (Aisha) said: Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), may my father and mother be ransom for you, and then I told him (the whole story). He (ﷺ) said: Was it the darkness (of your shadow) that I saw in front of me? I said: Yes. He (ﷺ) 👉🏾 struck me on the chest which caused me pain,👈🏾 and then said: Did you think that Allah and His Apostle (ﷺ) would deal unjustly with you?”
(Sahih Muslim Book 4, Number 2127)
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● “Narrated Aisha: Abu Bakr came to towards me and 👉🏿struck me violently with his fist👈🏿👉🏿 and said: “You have detained the people because of your necklace.” But I remained motionless as if I was dead lest I should awake Allah’s Apostle (ﷺ) although that hit was very painful.”👈🏿
(Sahih Bukhari Volume 8, Book 82, Number 828)
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● “The Prophet (ﷺ) said: A man will 👉🏾 NOT be asked as to why he BEAT his wife.”👈🏾
(Sunan Abu-Dawud Book 11, Number 2142) or [2147]
Many Muslims are ignorant because they don’t read to understand their Books nor would those imams told them exact truth about scenes like this.
The Chosen
December 30, 2019 at 6:55 AM
WOW!
Larsson Smith
December 29, 2019 at 8:17 AM
Too bad
Abu sulaym
December 29, 2019 at 7:04 PM
You are illiterate, you don’t have any understand ing of the Qur’an verses. What is the previous and the next verses says
Oyewole Musa
December 30, 2019 at 8:15 AM
I don’t understand why some people can not read between the lines.Did he beat his wife because of Christmas food?
Oyewole Musa
December 30, 2019 at 8:21 AM
Also The news paper doesn’t help matter.Mutiu is never an Islamic scholar. He is a Muslim.Calling him is fallacy of generalisation. Can we say all Christians are Pastor/Reverend?