Announcement
THE Kebbi State Government has condoled with the family of Sheik Giro Argungu, a famous Islamic scholar.
Alhaji Ahmed Idris, Chief Press Secretary to Kebbi State Governor disclosed, this in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Birnin Kebbi on Wednesday.
He quoted Gov. Nasir Idris as describing the death of the scholar as a great loss not only to his immediate family but also to Kebbi, Nigeria and entire Muslim Ummah.
The governor appealed to the family members, Kebbi people and Islamic Ummah to accept the will of Almighty Allah in good faith and bear in mind that “every soul is destined to test the bitterness of death at an appointed time that nobody would cross over his/her time.”
Idris prayed to Almighty Allah to forgive the deceased’s shortcomings and make Jannatul Firdaus his final abode.
NAN reports that Giro was a renown Islamic preacher under the banner of Jama’atu Izalatil Bid’a Wa’iqamatus Sunnah (JIBWIS).
The deceased, who was aged 71 died on Wednesday at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Birnin Kebbi, after an illness and left behind four wives, many children and grand children.
His funeral prayer is scheduled to hold at Argungu town on Thursday. (NAN)
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September 7, 2023 @ 4:54 GMT|
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