A popular night club in Deidei has been converted to a Juma’at mosque after a resident in the area acquired the property and demolished it.
He has handed over the property to an Islamic organization for management.
This disclosure was made by the National Secretary of the Jama’atu Izalatil Bid’a Wa’iqamatis Sunnah (JIBIWIS), Sheikh Muhammad Kabir Gombe, who represented the national leader of the organization that now manages the property, Sheikh Abdullahi Bala Lau.
Speaking on the history of the place, proprietor of the building, Dr Muhammad bin Muhammad Alkwandawi, said he acquired the land in order to put an end to criminalities carried out at the club and particularly the threat posed to the security of the area and the federal capital in general.
“The place was hosting about two hotels, a brothel and a notorious lodge, and also a local wrestling center (gidan dambe) where people from far and near used to together, terrorizing the residents all through the night hours.
“It also used to be point of sale of different types of drugs and where our youths including young girls who ran away from their parents from far and near used to patronize. I decided to convert it to the mosque after acquiring it,’’ he said.


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