Lifestyle

Makinde Commiserates With Aare Musulumi Over Wife’s Demise

By Web News 629

Oyo State Governor Engineer Seyi Makinde has expressed his heartfelt condolences to the Aare Musulumi of Yorubaland, Edo and Delta States, Alhaji Daud Makanjuola Akinola on the death of his wife, Alhaja Alimot Funke Akinola.

Governor Makinde who described the death of Alhaja Akinola as a painful loss, commiserated with Alhaji Akinola, praying to God to grant repose to the soul of the deceased and to grant the family the fortitude to bear the huge loss.

A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Mr. Taiwo Adisa, quotes the governor as urging the Aare Musulumi to take heart as a true Muslim, praying that Allah (SWT) will uphold him and all the family members.

“The news of the passage of Alhaja Alimot Funke Akinola came to me as a shock. It is a painful loss but we can only submit to the will of Allah.

“I commiserate with the Aare Musulumi, Alhaji Daud Akinola and all the members of his family and pray to God to grant them the fortitude to bear this loss”.

“It is also my prayer that Allah SWT accepts the soul of Alhaja and grant her Aljannah Firdaus”.

Iyabo Adebisi

Religion

Constant Prayers Are Needed To End Insecurity – Aare Musulumi

By Web News 556

The potency in the power of corporate prayers came on display at the Agodi Prayer Ground as Muslim faithful in Oyo State took the spiritual approach of seeking divine intervention to end insecurity, hunger, and high inflation affecting the citizens in the state.

The prayer was organized by the Chief Imam of Ibadanland, Alhaji Abdul-Ganiyy Agbotomokekere.

Addressing the gathering, the Aare Musulumi of Yorubaland, Edo and Delta States, Alhaji Dawud Makanjuola Akinola said prayer was inevitable if the current fight against insecurity is to be won.

In an interview, the Chief Imam of Ibadanland, Alhaji Abdul-Ganiyy Agbotomokekere, said the prayer was organized in view of the growing rate of killings in the country.

The cleric also urged the congregation to intensify their prayers the more so as to end the security crises in the state as well as in the nation at large.

Speaking on the occasion, the Deputy Chief of Staff, to Oyo State Government, Mr Abdul-Mojeed Mogbonjubola, commended the religious leaders for organizing the prayers and pledged the resolve of the government to end insecurity in the state.

The event which attracted Islamic religious leaders in Ibarapa, Oke Ogun, Oyo, And Ogbomoso, also witnessed the presence of representatives of market men and women and political appointees in the state.

Rotimi Famakin