Traditional religion adherents petition Makinde over alleged discrimination during BCOS

Traditional religion adherents nether the auspices of the International Council for Ifa Religion, ICIR, person raised alarm implicit alleged favoritism against them by the Chairman, Board of Directors, Broadcasting Corporation of Oyo State, BCOS, Mrs Dotun Olaitan.

ICIR made the allegation successful a petition written against the BCOS boss, addressed to Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State and signed by its counsel, Kunle Sobaloju.

Sobaloju, successful the petition written connected behalf of ICIR said that connected Tuesday, 2nd June, 2026, the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, and Radio, Television, Theatre and Arts Workers Union (RATTAWU) of BCOS jointly organised an Interfaith Prayer Programme for members of unit of the Broadcasting Corporation of Oyo State.

He, however, alleged that alternatively than clasp the tone of spiritual tolerance, inclusiveness and peaceful coexistence which the programme sought to promote, Olaitan allegedly took objection to the information of the typical of the Traditional Religion.

The petition alleged that Fakayode was subjected to unfastened hostility, disrespect, favoritism and nationalist humiliation solely due to the fact that helium represented the Ifa Traditional Religion astatine the event.

In the petition made disposable to DAILY POST connected Wednesday, Sobaloju described the enactment of the BCOS brag arsenic maltreatment of office, usurpation of law rights and 1 that tin origin breach of peaceful spiritual co-existence successful the state.

The petitioner described Olaitan’s enactment arsenic a nonstop battle connected the dignity, legitimacy and law rights of adherents of the Yoruba Traditional Religion.

He past implored Makinde to instantly analyse the matter.

The petitioner besides urged the politician to nonstop the ...