25th September,
2017
PRESS RELEASE:
MURIC MOURNS CHIEF IMAM OF LAGOS
The Chief Imam of Lagos, Shaykh Ibrahim Garba Akinola, died
yesterday. He was eighty years old.
The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) commiserates with the
governor of Lagos State, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, the Deputy President-General of
the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) and Saraki Adinni of
Lagos, Alhaji (Chief) S. O. Babalola, the Baba Adinni of Lagos, Shaykh Hafeez
Abu and the entire Muslim Ummah of Lagos State on the death of the Lagos Chief
Imam.
The late
Shaykh Ibrahim Garba Akinola was a great scholar, pious and widely travelled.
We pray that Almighty Allah overlooks his trespasses and reposes
his soul in A-Jannah firdaus.
Professor Ishaq Akintola,
President,
Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC)
President,
Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC)
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