Muslims across all groups converged at
National Mosque, Abuja on Monday to offer prayers for the late Dr AbdulLateef
Adegbite, former, Secretary- General, Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic
Affairs (NSCIA) .
Adegbite, died on Friday Sept. 28,
during a brief illness in Lagos at the age of 79.
The prayers, coordinated by Muslim
Consultative Forum (MCF) and Muslim Media Practitioners of Nigeria (MMPN), as
well as Abuja Muslim Forum, witnessed the attendance of representatives of
Islamic societies and Muslim groups in Abuja.
Leading the prayer session, one of
the National Mosque Deputy Imams, Sheikh Kabir Ahmad led other Muslims to read
a complete Surah Yasin, (Chapter 36) of the Holy Qur’an for the benefit of late
Adegbite.
Ahmad, who was assisted with another
deputy Imam, Dr Ahmad Makari, eulogised the sterling qualities of late Adegbite
and urged others to emulate him.
He said till his death, Islam and the
overall interest of the Muslim Community in Nigeria was the only thing that
occupies the minds of the late Islamic leader.
``He died thinking about Islam and
the Muslim community. His legacies will continue until the last Day of
Judgment. We shall surely miss him and we will continue to pray for him till
eternity’’, he said.
Speaking in the same vein, Sheik
Abdurasheed Adiatullah, a member of National Council of Ulamas in Nigeria, who
also prayed for Dr Adegbite, said he was a focused Islamic leader.
Adiatullah said as a founding member
of Muslim Students Society of Nigeria in 1954 and NSCIA in 1973, Adegbite exit
has left a big vacuum for the Muslim Community in Nigeria.
NSCIA Director of Administration,
Ustaz Amin Igwegbe described his late boss as ``very sincere, upright and
courageous leader, a bridge builder and a promoter of peace.
Igwegbe, whose tributes was read by
his deputy, Malam Kazeem Mohammad, said as a detribalised Nigerian, ``it would
be extremely difficult to find his replacement, especially on various issues of
religious and national interest’’.
Corps Marshal of Federal Road Safety
Commission (FRSC), Mr Osita Chidoka at the prayer session, lauded the
contributions of Dr Adegbite to national development and urged all to emulate
his good qualities.
Chidoka, who was represented by
Mohammed Nasir, Chief Route Commander of the Corps, said ``we will miss him
greatly, but we pray Allah to forgive his shortcomings and grant him an
honoured place in paradise.
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