Ilorin Muslim Community performs funeral l prayer in abstential for a civil servant killed by lightening in Kwara

Date: 2017-10-15

Thousands of llorin Muslim community from all walks of life on Saturday converged at the Ilorin Muslim Cementary to observed a funeral prayer in abstential for a 47 year old Civil servant, Salami Adekunle killed by Lightening recently in Kwara

The News Agency of Nigeria NAN recalls that the deceased was killed by Lightening during a downpour at the premises of the state College of Education Oro on 20 Seotember.

The Corpse was rejected for burial at the llorin Muslim cementary following alleged refusal by the relatives of the deceased to allow dead body undergo prayer and washing in lslamic way.

Almost a month after the burial of the deceased at Okeose Christian cementary thousands of llorin Muslim community performed funeral prayer in abstential for the civil servant killed by lightening.

The prayer which lasted less than ten minutes was led by the former GrandKahadj in Kwara, Justice Salihu Olohuntoyin-Mohamned.

The former GrandKhadi while speaking with NAN after the prayer said the action was permissible under lslamic injections

He said since there were testimonies that the victim died as a muslim there is need to perform funeral prayer for him inspite the non availability of the corpse.

The Coordinator of llorin Muslims cementary and a Lecturer of lslamic studies at the University of llorin. Dr Abubakar Aliagan said the prayer was necessary since the deceased died as a Muslim.

He said effort to exhume the corpse of the late Salami through a court injunction proved abortive as nobody was able to identify his grave at Okeose Christian cementary

"We had performed the funeral prayer without the corpse being exhumed which is purely allowed under lslamic law " he said.

"The llorin Muslim community took the second option of performing funeral prayer in abstential for our late brother following the claims of guides not to identify the grave of Salami " Aliagan added

Among eminent personalities at the funeral prayer for late Salami Adekunle were the Permanent Secretary in the state Ministry of Tertuary Education, Alhaji Jubril Haruna, the Deputy Provost of the state College of Education Oro, Alhaji Lawal Yusuf

The late Salami Adekunle, who hailed from llesha in Osun before his death by lightening was a staff at the Registry Department of Kwara College of Education, Oro. (NAN)

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Jide Oyinloye     Egbewole     Rafiu Ibrahim     April 11     African Democratic Congress     Lateef Alagbonsi     Idowu Laro     Omupo     Oko-Olowo     07039448763     Fola Consultant     Admiralty Villa     Javed Khan     Habeeb Saidu     Binta Sulyman     Tosin Saraki     Mahee Abdulkadir     Oloyede     Ogidi-Oloje     Abdullahi Atanda     Kayode Oyin Zubair     NTA Ilorin     Sidikat Alaya     Lawyers Unite Against Corruption     Charcoal     Yahya Mohammed     Mumini Ishola Hanafi     Iyabo Dupe Adekeye     Oniyangi     Kwasu     Jani Ibrahim     Abegunde Goke     Idris Garuba     Oba Abdulkadir La\'aro     Sai Kayi     Galadiman Ngeri     Babatunde Idiagbon     Taofik Abdulkareem     Okin Biscuit     Sadiq Umar     Congress For National Consensus     Olatunde Oyeyiola     Federal Road Maintenance Agency     NIPR     Azeez Salawu     Abubakar Lah     Minister     Kayode Zubair     Naira Redesign     Doyin Group     Ogbondoroko     Bello Oyedepo     Mufutau Gbadamosi Esuwoye     Joseph Yemi Ajayi     Kwara State Printing And Publishing Corporation     Bolaji Aladie     Aliyu Adebayo     Ibrahim Abiodun     Oro Grammar School Old Students Association     Al-Adaby     Abubakar Baba Sulaiman     Millennium Development Goals     Michael Nzwekwe     Muslim Cementary     Amule     Wahab Femi Agbaje     Moshood Mustapha     Hassan Oyeleke     Okin Malt     Eleja     Olusola Saraki     Olayinka Jelili Yusuf     Sherif Shagaya     Joshua Adeyemi Adimula     KWATMA     Ridwan Agboola     Sabi    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Yakubu Shaaba     Umar Saro     Shururat Olatinwo     Lithium     Kwara 2019     Yunus Lawal     Lanre Badmas     Olatunde Michaels     Yusuf AbdulRasheed     Oro Grammar School     Ministry Of Women Affairs And Social Development     Olatunji Ayeni     Henry Olaosebikan     Sabi     Lanre Issa Onilu     Pacify Labs     Ghali Muhammed     Okiki     Mutawali     Aliyu Kora-Sabi     Abdullahi AbdulMajeed     Kayode Yusuf     Tunde Yusuf     Alabi Olayemi Abdulrazak     Lanre Jimoh     Kwara Basketball Association     Gurei     PAACO-PCL Consortium     Kazeem Oladepo     Women Radio     Tsaragi-Share     Oyawoye     Abdulmumini AbdulRazaq     Aminu Adisa Logun     Coalition Of Kwara North Groups     Atunwa     JAAC     Ayotunde Emmanuel Alao     Muhammad Akande Olarewaju Odunade     Transition Implementation Committee     Moses Salami     John Mayokun Dada     Saka Balikis Kehinde     2017 Budget     Sa\'adatu Modibbo-Kawu     Ahmed Dankaya     Fulani     Justina Oha     Yusuf A. Usman     Ibrahim Agboola Gambari     Ahmad Fatima Bisola     Kwara Poly     Egbewole     Neuropsychiatric Hospital     Katibi Ibraheem Adeola     KWSIEC     Riskat Opakunle     Ilota     AbdulRahman Saad     Jumoke Monsura Gafar     Funmilayo Oniwa     Peter Amogbonjaye     Hassan Oyeleke     Kwara Primary Health Care Development Agency     Osi     Segun Abifarin     Yakub Lai Gobir     Idofin     Ilorin Central Mosque     Kolade Solagberu     Voices Of Tomorrow     Muhammad Toyin Sanusi     Oyeyemi Olasumbo Florence     Ita-Nmo Market     Dumagi     Taibat Ayinke Ahmed     Danladi