Muslims of Igbo extraction have expressed disaffection against the delay in the appointment of an Igbo Imam for the National Mosque Abuja,  as promised by the Sultan of Sokoto and the President General of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), Alhaji Muhammadu Abubakar Sa’ad III when the Murshid of the Mosque was appointed. According to the group, The Sultan made the promise to erase any tribal attachment on the Imamship of the national institution, considering the fact that the three Imams under the Murshid are two Hausas and a Yoruba. Speaking under a non-government organization, Igbo Muslim Forum (IMF), the Southeast Muslim faithful explained that when the promise was made, the Igbo Muslims were happy to be carried along by the Sultan in that regard. But it has been too long when the promise was supposed to have been fulfilled. ISI Hijab controversy: MSSN talks tough In a statement signed by the coordinator general and secretary of the forum, Suleman A. Afikpo and Dr. Muhammad Amaechi, respectively, they recalled recent convention convened in Abuja by the South East Muslims of Nigeria (SEMON) where some members of the Igbo Muslim Ummah expressed displeasure over the promise described by some as normal lip service. They said that the matter had become a subject of discussion at every forum of the organisation. “The acquiescence of the President General of NSCIA, echoed further by his Secretary General, published in all the major Nigerian dailies after their meeting of the 6th Extended General Purpose Committee in October 9, 2017, was one pronouncement that placed smile on the faces of every Igbo Muslim. “In readiness, we converged in a general meeting that screened and produced three eligible scholars from amongst us for the duty. Follow-up letter dated 16th April 2018, with Reference no: IMF/NSCIA/18/01 was disseminated”, the statement noted. “For over a year now, there has not been any response to our letter nor the said imamate position filled. While we wait in anticipation, we grieve and grumble at the neglect being meted on us. We humbly want to use this medium to remind the authorities in charge, lest our case be held under administrative redtopism.”  
http://mognews.com/2018/11/30/igbo-muslims-grumbles-over-delay-in-appointment-of-imam/

Nice. It should have been done since.

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Lolz.
Hausa Muslims wey go still call una arna (infidel)
If fight set,both Igbo and Yoruba Muslims go de run de go Sabongari

Igbos have Muslim amongst them?

This is one of the most shocking news I read on nairaland

Agitation

Igbo-muslim...
That combo nor just follow at all..

The real Igbos are Muslims

Ds ones no knw wetin dae sweet dem.

Good moves, no discrimination in Islam.

Which one is Igbo muslims


mumus

I love Igbo muslims. I wish i can find a good igbo muslim lady to marry...

I am greatly in ur support, Dear Igbo brothers BUT more Patience please since the position is not yet filled out.

Igbo Jews want lefelendum, Igbo governors want Igbo service chiefs, Igbo Muslims wants the post of national Imam of the central mosque, Igbo youths want atiku

smh

Dear igbo brothers,
There's no ethnicity in Islam. The position should be filled with most knowledgeable scholar.
During the Ottoman empire turks Muslims were the head as against the Arab where prophet Muhammad(S. A. W) himself came from.
Beside imamship shouldn't be coveted

Dont understand what you mean by igbo muslim.
The muslim from ss and se biafra always do it for a reason for connectio etc like my elder bro asari dokubo.
We only have oyoroba muslim in the entire south
ss and se biafran wont buy that muslim

Look for other options because you will not. it is a promise

Geoxplorer:
I love Igbo muslims. I wish i can find a good igbo muslim lady to marry...

stupidity:
Igbos have Muslim amongst them?

This is one of the most shocking news I read on nairaland

It's not shocking at all.
Alhaji Abdul azeez ude and the former imam university of ibadanare some of the many prominent igbo Muslims

Ndi ara

stupidity:
Igbos have Muslim amongst them?

This is one of the most shocking news I read on nairaland

Yes.
A lot of them.
But dem de behave well because dem drink beer well well
No MURIC behaviour at all.

Igbos self always feel cheated in every leadership role, they want to be a leader all by all means and yet can't work towards it by proving their loyalty... you have to work towards something and stop having a feeling of entitlement to every...

centurionpapa:

It's not shocking at all.
Alhaji Abdul azeez ude and the former imam university of ibadanare some of the many prominent igbo Muslims

enligghten me please. Do they change their name to Muslims name or they still go with their Igbo names? I can’t imagine somone called Emeka being a muslim. Asin it just doesn’t relate. Lol. Please pardon my reasoning. This is the first I’m hearing Igbo being Muslim.

dokyOloye:

Yes.
A lot of them.
But dem de behave well.
Dem drink beer well well
No MURIC behaviour at all.

lol. To be honest I’m shocked. This is the first I’m hearing this. I can’t even imagine a mosque in Onitsha or Enugu with Igbos attending. It doesn’t make sense to me. Please pardon my reasoning.

Female igbo Muslims are not rare, for the love of money, these igbo girls readily convert to be with one alhaji or younger rich Hausa boy just to go to Dubai and Saudi

ussy09:
Good moves, no discrimination sin Islam.

sure.

Hypocrite!!!!

kaluxy007:
Which one is Igbo muslims


mumus

Some of the first igbo Muslims are
1. Alhaji Suleiman onyema the chairman of jamaatul nasril islamiyyah
2. Alhaji Abdul azeez ude
3. Alhaji yahaya ndu
4 Dr sheik salihu okenwa a member of national hajj commission.
The above people at one time or the other contributed to the progress of Islam in their various jurisdiction.
May Allah reward them