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.

Yahaya Oloriegbe     Agor Market     PAACO-PCL Consortium     Rabiu Kwankwaso     Bolakale Saka     Kisra     Ilorin Emirate Staff Association     Usman Rifun     Alabi Lawal     Council Of The Wise     Kayode Ibrahim     Yemi Sanni     Raymond Olaitan     Lanre Olosunde     TVC Female National Debate     Oko     Tescom.kwarastate.gov.ng     Sanusi Abubakar     Mohammed Katsina Ahmed     Yusuf Abdulkadir     Universal Basic Education Commission     Omupo     Mufutau Olatinwo     Yusuf Abdulwahab     Hussein Olokooba     Saka Balikis Kehinde     Mohammed Abduraheem     Abdulrauf Aliyu     Ibrahim Taiwo Road     Nigeria Customs Service     Chief Of Staff     Turaki     Dauda Adeniran Adeshola     Oyelere Oyinloye     Olubukola Kifayat Adedeji     Bello Oyebanji     Ado Ibrahim     Pilgrims Board     Shero     Galadima     Jeunkunu-Malete-Bani     Awodun     Rafiu Ibrahim     Oniye     Makama Of Kaiama     General Hospital     Kamaldeen Kehinde     All Confederation Of Principals Of Secondary Schools     Okasanmi Ajayi     Yusuf Lanre Badmus     Kwara Apc     Ishak Mohammed Sabi     Isiaka Saka Opobiyi     Abdulraheem Olesin     Kayode Alabi     Ojuekun Sarumi     Busari Alabi Alausa     CLAY POT     Atunwa     Oko-Erin     Arik     Salmon Babatunde Salmon     Yakubu Shaaba     Ibrahim Mashood     Gbenga Awoyale     Michael Imoudu National Institute For Labour Studies     Dan Iya Of Ilorin     Oba-Solagberu     Gbugbu     Florence Saraki     Emmanuel Bello     NULGE     Arinola Fatimoh Lawal     Sulyman Abdulkareem     Yahaya Abdulkareem Babaita     Nnazua     Federal College Of Education (Special), Afon    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Okin Group     Woro     Bio Ibrahim     Garba Idris Ajia     Ita-Ore     Valsolar Consortium     Isiaka Rafiu Mope     Kwara State Polytechnic     Tope Daramola     Tsaragi/Share     Kale Kawu     Aisha Buhari     Yeketi     Popo-Igbonna     Dar-Al-Handasah Consultants Ltd     Iyaloja-General     Halimat Yusuf     Onilorin Of Ilorin     Aliyu Adebayo     SARS     Titus Ashaolu     Idiagbon     Olohungbebe     Atiku     Federal Allocation     Olatunji Moronfoye     Wahab Egbewole     Oye Tinuoye     IEDPU     Zulkifli Ibraheem     Madawaki Of Ilorin     Sa\'adu Salahu     Kale Belgore     Mashood Dauda     Alabi Lawal     Aliyu Salihu     IFK     Lola Olabayo     Ilorin     Abdullah Janet Amudat     Solomon Edoja     Ministry Of Women Affairs And Social Development     Ajibola Ademola Julius     Veterinary Teaching Hospital     Kazeem Adekanye     Jalala     Akume     Farouk Salim     Shehu Jimoh     Amule Elementary School     Halidu Danbaba     Dairo Kunle Paul     Akom Construction And Engineering Synergy Ltd     Aliyu U. Tilde     Abioye Bello     Agboola Babatunde     Zubair Folorunsho Erubu     Saka Saadu     Henry Olaosebikan     Raji Ayodele Kamaldeen     Christopher Ayeni     Muhammed Mahe Abdulkadir     Suwa-Arabs     Oyedun Juliana Funke     Sun Qing Rong     Abdulrahman Abdulrazak     Oloruntoyosi Thomas     Adijat Adebiyi     Yahaya Dumoye     Olatunji Abdulmumeen     Sa\'adu Gambari     Abubakar Abdullahi Bata     Osinbajo     Kehinde Boyede     Issa Memunat Moyosore     KWACOBPA     Sarah Alade