New Chief Imam Don Land for University of Ibadan Muslim Community

Ibadan, Nigeria – Omo, hear dis gist! The University of Ibadan Muslim Community don appoint new Chief Imam wey go carry the torch. Na Professor Ibrahim Olatunde Uthman FIPMD, the man wey sabi plenty things about Islam, dem don give the position. Dis appointment land on Sunday, October 19, 2025, during one serious meeting wey happen for University Central Mosque. Professor Emeritus Musiliu Onilude, wey dey run the community as President, na him drop the news as e reveal wetin the Shuurah Committee talk about Professor Uthman.

During di presentation, dem highlight twelve key criteria wey the committee consider before dem choose Uthman. If you think say dem just pick by luck, you lie! Dem talk say integrity, humility, eloquence, and deep spirituality na wetin dem dey find. No wahala, dem follow correct process. E good make we sabi as dem take select leaders wey go lead people well.

But wait first, na who Uthman go replace? E be like say Professor Mufutau Abdulrahman go retire on Wednesday, October 22, 2025, after e don reach 70 years wey dem dey call mandatory retirement age. So, na big shoes be dis wey Uthman dey enter. Make we see how e go fit run am!

Idris Olabode Badiru, wey dey serve as Publicity Secretary for the University of Ibadan Muslim Community, don confirm say Uthman na di new Chief Imam. Before dis appointment, Uthman dey chill as Assistant Imam under Abdulrahman. E no just stop there, o! E be like say the man sabi book well well, as he be the past Head of Arabic and Islamic Studies for the University.

Uthman na distinguished scholar when e come to Islamic Studies. E carry PhD for Usul al-Din and Comparative Religion from International Islamic University, Malaysia. E get plenty research works wey involve Islamic studies, modernism, and feminism. Some of im book dem na ‘The Sharīʿah and Muslim Feminists’ Public Display of the Female Body’ and ‘Feminist Insiders-Outsiders: Muslim Women in Nigeria and the Contemporary Feminist Movement.’ Na dis kind work dey show say im no just dey talk am; im really dey do research.

Aside from all dis, Uthman don teach for some institutions like International Islamic University Malaysia and Crescent University, Abeokuta. For there, he be di pioneering Acting Head of di Department of Islamic Religious and General Studies. If you check im history well, you go see say leadership dey follow am from school days wey e don demonstrate as Student Imam and later as President of the Muslim Students’ Society of Nigeria (MSSN), UI Chapter. Na good journey wey dis man don start as he go lead the community. We dey watch how e go take carry di mantle!