Abuja National Mosque Appoints First Igbo Imam, Prof. Ilyas Usman (Photo)
The Public Mosque, Abuja, has selected Prof. Ilyas Usman as Imam.
Usman, who is the primary Teacher of Arabic in Igboland, has joined the positions of the three existing Imams of the Public Mosque.
He will currently uphold the two dynamic Imams, Prof. Ibrahim Makari and Prof. Muhammad Kabir, in the rotational direct of the Juma’ah and day to day congregational supplications while the fourth Imam, Sheik Ahmad Onilewura from the Southwest Nigeria, who has not been driving petitions for quite a while in light of the fact that he is incapacitated.
With the recently delegated Imam from South East, the 25,000-limit Public Mosque of Nigeria worked in 1984 and formally opened to people in general in 1991 now have three (3) dynamic Imams notwithstanding the Murshid, Prof. Shehu Ahmad Sai’d Galadanci, who is the general head, profound aide or general manager.
Responding to Usman’s arrangement, South East Muslims Association of Nigeria (SEMON), appealed to Allah to give him the insight and solidarity to release the holy obligation.
“We the South East Muslim Association of Nigeria (SEMON), stretch out our genuine congrats to Teacher Ilyasu Usman on your new arrangement as an Imam of the Public Mosque, Abuja.”
“This renowned job isn’t just a demonstration of your unflinching commitment and insightful greatness yet in addition a heavenly gift and obligation to lead the Ummah in love and administration to Allah.
“We implore that Allah (SWT) awards you the insight, strength, and relentlessness to release this holy obligation with perseverance, trustworthiness, and lowliness. May your administration move solidarity, harmony, and devotion.
“We likewise bear witness to the comprehensiveness of the initiative of the Public Mosque and Nigeria Preeminent Gathering for Islamic Issues (NSCIA), under the authority of its Leader General, His Prominence, Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar,” the assertion read.
“Besides, we supplicate that this accomplishment fills in as an elevate for the Igbo Muslim people group in Nigeria, exhibiting their commitments and commitments to Islam and the Ummah overall,” the gathering said, in an explanation endorsed by its Ag. Public Director, Dr. Suleiman Afikpo and Public Leader Secretary, Ustaz Sirajuddeen Ugwu.
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