Sheikh Apaokagi, Ilorin Grand-Mufti, passes on
He died this morning in Ilorin. He was ninety-six years old before his death.
He is to be buried in Ilorin this afternoon after burial rites slated for 4.00 p.m. at his residence, Apaokagi compound, Adeta, Ilorin.
Sheikh Salaudeen Apaokagi was among the pioneer students of Sheik Kamaldeen Al-Adabiy and the National President of Ansarul-Islam Society of Nigeria from 1967-2000. He was the founder of the Al-Adabiyat School for Arabic and Islamic Studies in Owo, Ondo State in 1955. Among his students are professors and doctors in diverse fields of study.
Sheikh Apaokagi was a pillar in the cause of propagation of Islam over the years, not only in Ilorin, but also in Ondo State and parts of old Bendel State now Edo and Delta States. He was an Islamic teacher of note, he started his career in 1945 and until 1985 he was Arabist under the employment of the defunct Western Region during which he taught in various Primary and the then Modern Schools.
Cloud Tag: What's trending
Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.
Hassanat Bello Gafaru Olayiwola Olorisade Kwara State Pension Board Shagari MATTA Girls Foundation Tafida Of Ilorin SWAN Mansurat Amuda-Kannike Tunde Saad Abdulraheem Yusuf Age AbdulKareem Oniyangi Ibrahim Taiwo AbdulRazaq Jiddah Bashiru Makama Baaziki Sulaiman Is\'haq Modibbo Kawu Lawal Arinola Kudirat Binta Abubakar Mora Aliyu Muyideen Sheikh Ridhwanullah El-ilory Olubukola Kifayat Adedeji Isiaka Abdulrazak Saba Mamman Daniel Aliyu U. Tilde Federal Road Maintenance Agency Sam Onile Ibrahim Kayode Adeyemi Femi Oladiji Bukola Ajikobi Segun Ogunsola Offa Metropolitan Club Ayegbeni Third Estate BECE Abdulraheem Olesin Bola Magaji Saka Abimbola Isau Idiagbon AGF Abdulrazaq Kwabes Oasis Muslim Care Foundation Salman Alada Awwal Jawondo Kwara State Polytechnic Mukhtar Shagaya Osuwa Ajia-Bako Kwara State Branch Of The National Library Abdulazeez Arowona Khadijat Ayoola Yusuf Zainab Abass Okedare Basic Education Certificate Examination Eghe Igbinehi Harmony Holdings Ajibola Saliu Ajia NIPOGA The Herald Nigerian Army Bilikis Oladimeji Nigeria Association Of Women Journalists Share Kwara Hotel Bayo Mohammed Onimode Michael Ologundea Abdulwasiu Bolaji Adeyi Oro Grammar School Old Students Association Suleman Abubakar Aliyu Olatunji Ajanaku Kwara-SAPZ Project Alfa Yahaya Road Gbenga Adebayo Haleeman Salman Ganmo Power Sub-Station Olaiya Zuberu Muhammed Mahe Abdulkadir

