President Muhammadu Buhari Saturday joined Muslims across the nation to mourn a leading Islamic cleric and jurist, Sheikh Ahmad Olayiwola Kamaldeen, who passed on in Ilorin, Kwara State on Friday.
The Cleric was until his death, the Khalifah Al-Adaby of Ansarul Islam Society of Nigeria.
In a statement released by his senior special assistant on media and publicity Garba Shehu, President Buhari described his demise as “a loss to the Ilorin Community, Kwara State, Nigeria and the entire Muslim Community.”
According to President Buhari, “He was a front line Islamic jurist and an established technocrat who rose to the position of Permanent Secretary in government in the government Service and Khalifah in the Islamic faith.”
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The President prayed to Allah to forgive his shortcomings, accept his return and repose his soul in Jannatul Firdaus.
Editor :Tunde Orebiyi
