Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazak, alongside hundreds of Muslim faithful gathered under the rain to observe janazah (funeral prayers) for a popular Islamic scholar, Sheikh AbdulGaniy Aboto, who died on Saturday.
Muslim News had reported on Saturday the death of Sheikh Aboto, who along with two of his students were involved in a fatal accident. Their car was said to have been found inside the river at Abattoir Bridge, Sobi, Akerebiata Area, Ilorin on Friday.
The State Governor, Mal. AbdurRahman AbdulRazaq was among hundreds of sympathisers who defied the rain to attend the burial prayer led by Imam Yakub Aliagan at the Okekere-Ilorin residence of the founder of Ansarul Islam Society of Nigeria, late Sheikh Mohammed Kamaldeen Al-Adabiyy, on Sunday.
In his condolence message, Governor AbdulRazaq described as shocking and sad the deaths of Aboto al-Adaby and some other yet-to-be-identified persons in an auto crash reportedly in the early hours of Friday.
