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Gaddafithe2nd:
Lies right.... Please, read an excerpt from this article and go through the link. Nssuka people were the first to embrace Islam in the SE, thanks to their northern neigbours. A religion entering a city or a town or country doesn't mean it will be the dominant e.g Turkey and Syria or Najran (a province in present day Saudi Arabia where Christianity was more dominant. Even during the time of Prophet Muhammed,peace be upon him many of them still practiced Christianity under the leadership of the Muslims Khalifa)where Islam came after Christianity after many centuries.



ISLAM IN IGBOLAND – BETWEEN “PHOBIA” AND REALITY (PART1)
REALITY -

The advent of Islam in Igboland was probably during the mid-nineteen century C.E. or even sometimes prior to that period. The Igala and Idoma people with whom the Igbo share border had cultural influence on the people of Nsuka who are considered as pioneer adherents of Islamic faith among the Igbo. The impact of Islam could not be felt among the Igbo until towards the end of the nineteen century. By the beginning of the twenty first century, a large number of Igbo around Nsuka began to embrace Islam. Before the establishment of the British colonial rule in Igboland, Muslim traders who came to the area won converts for Islam. Those traders include the Hausa, Fulani, Nupe people, and some Yoruba Muslims especially from Ilorin that joined the crusade later. During the British rule, most of the labourers used in road construction and as warrant officers assigned to look after some of the places around Nsuka were Muslims from Nupe and Hausa lands and they assisted the traders in disseminating of Islamic faith.

http://daudaayanda..com/2015/02/islam-in-igboland-between-phobia-and.html

You want to make Ibo have sleepless night. You are telling him Afonja was among those who brought him Islam. You wickedt!

abdulsemiu02:
whenever there's a Muslim or Islamic related post on Nairaland, in the comments below, I see insults or curses from probably Christian Nairalanders, but if it's to be a Christianic related post, not even single insult is noticed in the comment.




It seems we (Muslims) are more cultured and respect fellow beings irrespective of thier religion.

No offence please.


I know they'll still come for my head with this, but guess what? No Bleep will be given, in shaa Allah. #grin

Your observation is correct, but the insult you noticed is also ethnic and only to IboChristians. You will never hear Yoruba, muslim or christian deride or belittle anyone's religion or culture, whatever it is.

Demmzy15:
That's the title of the thread, 10 and it shouldn't be more than 10. And Islam isn't non-existent, I've met Igbo Muslims, I can even give you connect for 5 if you're ready.

Igbo Muslims Amaka

Senator Adeleke was an accidental Senator, replacement for his deceased brother and rode in on the back of the constituency specifically. That constituency is a smal subset of all constituencies in Osun that will troop out on election day to elect Governor. How popular is he across the broad spectrum?

Also, I noticed APC has not raised much noise at this point because they are hoping and calculating that Adeleke should win the PDP primary and become the flagbearer. The floodgate will be let open once he crosses that boundary. They have him in their sight and one of the demands they will make is a public debate on cogent issues of economy and social progress. Senator has been dancing when he ought to upgrade his knowledge on social contracts and public administration. They will knock him out easily. Even Davido with his assurance will not be able to help his uncle in this regard.

Wealthy business men should not meddle in politics. Even if they win the election they will be worse off after the tenure expires.

Look at Trump. Look at Abiola. Look at Waziri Ibrahim. Sorry outcomes....

gaby:
Propping up another protege to enable the unhindered access to Lagos coffers. These guys still don't understand life, but trust me Tinubu just might get demystified and disgraced very soon.

The Alpha Beta whistleblower will just be a tip of the iceberg by the time Ambode and Fashola decide to close ranks, forge an alliance to take power from him, that's when Lagosians nay Nigerians will hear the news.

We are watching and praying on a daily for rancours in the midst of our collective enemies to enable us get an idea into what they had for dinner.

Una nyansh go open.

A human will definitely slip. Examples abound to this fact.

Enjoy my siggy

Same message since 2011. Abeg, when is it going to happen? Its 2019 almost

totit:
Its official ...

IBO Muslim





IBO Muslim
IBO [b]IBO Muslim






IBO Muslim


IBO Muslim

CSTR1005:
If you are only able to get 10 prominent igbo Muslim, then it means islam is non existent.

BTW, why should a Yoruba man be interested in propagating Islam in igboland?

Because IboMuslims called for assist from Yoruba Muslims to wade in.

totit:
By the way this isn't about religion but IBO people must embrace their fellow IBO's and stop these bitter,provocative discrimination cos any attempt aim to attack their fellow IBO's in the name of religion or bitterness means ya' ll will be pepper.

This is new though but I guess ya all will have to get use to the words IBOMuslim


IBO Muslim amaka ...its official

They therefore urged the security apparatuses in the country to grant quick responses to complaints of threats to life received by some members of Ndigbo Muslims.

It read: “We specifically call on the Honourable Minister of Interior, Abdurrahman Dambazau, the Nigerian Army, the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Ibrahim Idris and the State Security Services (SSS) to ensure that Muslims of Igbo extraction are guaranteed security of their lives and properties as any other citizen of Nigeria. Urgent measures must be taken before it is late.”


https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/igbo-muslims-decry-neglect-threats-to-lives.html

CROWNWEALTH019:
I've every right to express my freedom of speech

No parent with true love wishes for their child to die ahead of them. Don't say things like that. It is very offensive and irritating to the senses and conscience.

ALHAJI SULEIMAN ONYEAMA, A true Pioneer in Igboland! Read about his family below.


When a particular family has the record of producing the first Nigerian judge at the International Court of Justice, the first Igbo man to visit England as a free man (in 1924), the first Igbo medical doctor, the first Igbo man to bring Catholicism to Northern Igboland, the first Igbo man to bring Islam to Northern Igboland, and many other firsts, then that family is by no mean feat one to be reckoned with.

This is the story of the Onyeama family of Eke in Udi Local Government Area of Enugu State. A slave dealer, a known tyrant who tolerated no opposition, the late Paramount Chief Onyeama, established the Onyeama dynasty, which reigned for about 23 years with all its good, bad, and ugly sides – a dynasty from where Nigeria’s current Foreign Affairs Minister, Geoffrey Onyeama comes.

According to “THE STORY OF AN AFRICAN ‘GOD’ – Life and Times of Paramount Chief Onyeama,” a concise biography written by one of his many grandchildren, the Eton College-trained novelist Dillibe Onyeama, the paramount chief was born in Amankwo Eke at a time when births in Nigeria were not recorded. His father’s name was Ozo-Omulu Onwusi – a polygamist with 10 children (six boys and four girls) and Onyeama was the youngest of the children. The chief’s age when he died in 1933 had been put at between 50 and 60. Before Chief Onyeama’s visit to Britain in April 1924, one N.C. Duncan, a District Officer at Enugu and a personal friend of Onyeama, interviewed the chief on his background and family history, and from the information supplied, he recorded in Onyeama’s passport the year of birth as being 1874.

The infant Onyeama was about 7 when he was initiated into the masquerade cult – an act that helped in shaping the future paramount ruler of Eke Kingdom. The initiation ceremony involved a test of toughness, endurance and courage during which the initiate is expected to swallow in one fell swoop a big lump of pounded yam and take several strokes of the cane without blinking an eye. Onyeama suffered bereavement early in life because he lost his parents before attaining the age of 10. In order to save him from being sold into slavery as was the order of the day at the time, his half-brother, Amadiezoha, a known slave trader and his partner, Okolorie Nwamadingam introduced him to the slave business since they saw in him the dedication, hard-heartedness, smartness and sturdiness needed in the trade.

During Onyeama’s apprenticeship in the slave trade mainly dominated by the Aros, said to be the originators of the trade in the entire Igboland, he travelled to popular trade markets at Bende, Uburu, Uzoakoli, Arochukwu, Ohafia, Oguta, Abiriba and Ndizuogu. Having spent about six years in apprenticeship, Onyeama was left by Amadiezoha to slug it out alone since he had come of age, and he (Amadiezeoha) on account of old age, retired to less stressful demands of farm work.

When the British abolitionist movement against slavery was having impact on the business, it never mattered to Onyeama since he had earlier combined the trade with other lucrative commerce in ivory, tobacco, ornaments, cream for women, mirror, gin, cotton and other items.

Trading on his own for about a year, Onyeama attained an enviable height in financial status, and before the colonial masters came to Eke in 1908, he had acquired sufficient wealth to mark him out as one of the richest natives. At the time, Onyeama had taken the Ozo title and gotten married to his first wife, Afia Nwirediagu. He took a second wife called Gwachi (who was later christened Josephine) in 1910.

According to Novelist Dillibe Onyeama, “Well, the original Onyeama was my grandfather. I heard his father’s name was Onwusi, but those days, people retained their own individual identity. His descendants are now answering Onyeama. He was essentially a slave dealer in those days, travelling to the coast, selling slaves and general business. So he had early contact with the Europeans in the coastal region.

“When the British colonialists took over Nigeria, having been exposed by trade to the Europeans, he found it easy to reach out to them because a military incursion was in progress in Igboland,” Dillibe told Daily Trust in an interview.

When the young Onyeama learnt of the arrival of white soldiers in Eke in 1908, he unlike the rest of the Igbo people, persuaded his Eke natives not to put up any resistance to the white people since they possessed superior fire power. In the neighbouring Aniocha and Oghe, the stories were that the white soldiers never spared those that challenged them. Onyeama’s influence and wisdom saved the Eke natives from confronting the white soldiers and, inevitably paying dearly for it.

“Not only did Onyeama subsequently become a regular companion to the white visitors, but took it upon himself to be their welfare officer. This receptiveness served to convey to the white visitors the impression of his status as some authorized representative of his people,” according to Dillibe, who added that “Onyeama became the most common black face in white assemblies, winning the confidence and trust of the future governors.”

With the introduction of the indirect rule system of government in Igboland, Onyeama was, therefore, appointed the Warrant Chief of Eke community 1910, and he did not waste time in asserting his totalitarian authority to rule over the Agbaja area. Soon, Onyeama set up the action wing of his secret service called Ogwumili, which comprised of about 20 able-bodied men who he used to instill fear in natives and forced them to pay taxes. The Ogwumili members were more like thugs and hangers-on who reportedly played the role of personal servants and tax collectors. Ogwumili literally means ‘one who is able to move in the rain and fish out the target once the order was given’. There were a series of allegations of crimes , including murders with impunity against the Ogwumili, but the British administrators never treated such complaints with seriousness throughout the large area called Agbaja.

Again, author Dillibe provides further insight into the executive administration of Onyeama as a Warrant Chief who quickly turned a dictator of Adolf Hitler’s type. “He was a power monger; a ruthless one. And he deployed his power without looking back. He curried the favour of the white man and was able to establish peace in those areas where he held sway. So while other parts of Igboland were resisting the Europeans incursion, the fear of Onyeama kept people in quickness of service.

“There was no trouble in the area he ruled at all. That suited the British well. They kept him in power for 23 years and he used the power and placed emphasis on education. He was able to influence his entire subjects to go to school and to Church.

“In fact, it was he who brought the Catholics into power in Igboland. Eke was the centre of Catholicism in Igboland – extending to Ogoja; the whole of the area, through Onyeama’s influence. They gave him Ugwu Di Nso; his land there. He entrenched Catholicism in Enugu State.

“He was a no-nonsense man; he didn’t want to hear that you are not doing your work; you are lazy. He used to be very, very punitive. And he used to apply corporal punishments if anybody played truancy. He kept his whole family in check and he was able to pay for the education of the first Igbo medical doctor. And after him, my father, Dadi Umahi Onyeama became a judge of the International Court.”

Alhaji Mohammed Abas Onyeama, a legal practitioner in Enugu, is one of the grand children of the paramount ruler. His father, Alhaji Sulieman Onyeama, was among the famous five sons of the native ruler. Mohammed told Daily Trust that the name Onyeama evokes feeling of greatness once it is mentioned, although he added that it could also inspire a feeling of dislike or fear to some others depending on one’s standing.

Mohammed said: “My grandfather, the Okwuruoha of Agbaje was a great personality, an enigmatic colossus. He didn’t go to school, which is hard to believe for most people, but he had the highest respect and regard for education. Not many people who didn’t go to school appreciated education the way he did. And he trained a lot of people, his children and even people who were not his children, from other towns and villages. He made sure that they got sound education and he kept on hammering that as soon as you come out of school, you had to train other people. That was his greatest legacy.

“He accepted the Roman Catholic system because of their educational possibilities. As a matter of fact, he was the one that brought Roman Catholic to Northern Igboland and spread it up to the Middle-Belt; because I recall that St Peter and Paul Parish in Eke was controlling up to Roman Catholic Church in Mada and elsewhere in the Middle-Belt. That is a very colossal achievement for a man of his character.

“As the traditional ruler of Wawa land in those days, people had mixed feelings about him. Some people say he didn’t do well; he was terrible. Some people say he was nice; he brought civilization. And I think that he actually brought civilization to Northern Igboland.

“The cession of the coal mine to the English men, the stories of that abound; if you read the literature, you see what happened on that occasion. And he wasn’t doing those things because he was thinking personally or selfishly, the construction of the Milikin Hill Road, which he did singlehandedly; he was not doing it because he alone was going to use the road. He was doing it because it opened the frontiers of his people to actually get exposed to civilization. And a host of other things that he actually did.”

Does the name Onyeama open doors for members of the family? Mohammed believes there is no reason it should not open doors, though depending on where the individual wants the doors to open.

“Well, yes, depending on whom you are dealing with, as I said earlier on. If you meet intellectuals, doors are opened with very high expectations. And some people, when you meet them, you meet frustration because they are thinking that somehow, may be one of Onyeama’s activities or actions has inhibited them; I don’t know how that would have been possible – but these are human feelings. Basically, the good, the bad and the ugly of it all will affect you, but generally, his children, too, actually had a lot of reasons to make the name open doors.

“Take Justice Dadi Onyeama, for instance. These children projected the name to the point where it should be able to open doors. Having risen up to the World Court, there is no reason why if you identified with him, you won’t have doors opening. Then my own father, Alhaji Suleiman Onyeama, just like their father who brought Roman Catholic faith, my father brought Islam to Northern Igboland. As a matter of fact, yes, he spread Islam up to the old East Central states, and he rose to become Vice President of the Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs for Eastern Zone. He was a member of the World Muslim League. To that extent, depending on whom you are talking to, for instance, you still have doors opening. But I also think that doors opening has a lot to do with individual disposition, and where you are actually looking for the doors to open.”

But Warrant Chief Onyeama’s style of ruthless and dictatorial administration appears to be hunting his children many decades after he passed on. Dillibe confided to our reporter that there is an anti-Onyeama feeling to the extent that there is a sort of government policy, especially by the Enugu State government, to completely exclude anything Onyeama from what it is doing.

Several times the federal government had tried to give appointments or national recognition in form of post-humous national honours to few of the Onyeama family members, but the attempts were scuttled by “those who feel they should decide the fate of Enugu State.”

In the booklet produced by the Enugu State government during the Centenary celebration of Enugu under the then Governor Sullivan Chime, the name Onyeama was never mentioned anywhere. “And it was deliberate,” remarked Dillibe sadly. “How can you ignore the name that produced the first Nigerian judge to be called to the International Court?” he asked.

“And then when my brother Jeff Onyeama got a position through his friend – Chief of Staff, you saw the volcano it erupted. You saw the trouble everywhere, the infightings,” said Dillibe, who also added that when his father’s name, Justice Dadi Onyeama, was nominated for a national post-humous (CFR) honour, “the person who thought he had power over anything that happened in Enugu State at the time, after reading it, tore the list into shreds because it contained the name Onyeama.”

There has always been a rumour that Onyeama had 78 children but Dillibe said: “I think it was more like 64 identified. He had many wives, 56 wives. It’s a big family; the biggest compound in Igbo land. And I was told that he was the first Igbo man to go to England as a free man; not as a slave.”

Could it be that people are still afraid of Onyeama or they want to visit the sin of the father on the coming generations? Dillibe replied: “Chief Onyeama wielded power and he destroyed many powerful people. He cracked so many heads. He sent many to jail, many of them. We have enemies. We have enemies all round.”

One of the regrets Mohammed has about the Onyeama saga is that “the war really caused a lot of confusion in the family. First of all, it made members of the family to turn to Europe and America. A lot of them went there. There are some of my uncles I’ve never set eyes on over a long period of time – who are in the United States or United Kingdom – and they have forgotten about this place; may be, they are scared about the system here. The family is suffering from such kind of negative tendencies.

“And then the next thing one may want to talk about is that in a densely polygamous family like that, with the sudden demise of the king, a lot of ugly things happened which we have accepted as civilized persons to forget about. When the chief left, it was impossible for any single person to control the family as he did. So it introduced a lot of idiosyncrasies.”

sinola:
He is very popuplar in Enugu state,a philanthropist back in 80's.He owns so many filling stations and landed properties entown... goggle his name.He should even be among the top if I am not mistaken.

I will check him out and I can modify this thread to Top10 +1 if needed.

vedaxcool:
Mayor of Lagos, please no kill our cownu followers finish e don do

make man no report news again? This na news material now. If it cuts into their soul that na their own problem. Didn't Yorubaman bring christianity to their land and taught their forefather how to worship Jesus? I don't know why they have problem with their own Igbo Alfas asking them to spread Islam. It is bewildering!

senatordave1:
I heard 10% of ebonyi are now muslims.when kwankwaso visited the east,several easterners adorn his red cap

Which red cap? Ibo traditionally does not wear red cap, they wear a multi-colored drooping-ear hat. The red cap itself is a symbol of honor and originated the Niger Benue basin amongst the Nok culture. Igala introduced it to the forest people and the warrant chiefs in Iboland were the only ones permitted during colonial time to wear the red cap, to signify their honor status. Now it is common to see red cap on every Iboman head.
The red cap has no symbolism to Islam.

The Maghrebi Islam, the Andalusia Islam wore the red fez. It was historically the preserve of Khadis of Morrocco. After it gained popularity it is common to find the red cap woven with white turban on the head of Ustazs and Grand Khadis of the Sahel, the Savannah belt of West Africa. Other than that, it has no special place in Islam.

This bullshyyte article is nothing compared to what was written in 2014 as the election approached. We were told all kind of things about how Lagos APC is divided and Tinubu has been sidelined. This Day is using Lagos politics to sell, it's a hoodwink!

When they say Abuja flank, who is the leader in Abuja? Is it Buhari? Their leader in Abuja is himself now towing the lines dictated by Tinubu from Lagos.

Is this how to prove youth leadership, by showing disrespect to authorities?

Reading comments on this thread.
There are all kinds and modes of discrimination and persecution in Iboland. Ibo does not tolerate equity and fairness. Ibo christian vs Ibo muslim is on display here.

sinola:
Alhaji Suleman Onyeama from Eke,Enugu is not in this list....Ops,you are not informed

My brother, this is Top 10. You should give me his history and i can add him.
Thanks.

PrecisionFx:
They couldn't even get us to cast votes for an Islamic political party, Na joining Islam dem go convince us to do??

But you want Islamic party to give you presidency in 2023. Abi no be so?

In the event a Christian Northerner emerges as presidential candidate for PDP, a Muslim Southerner will be picked to be running mate. It is good to know that Ibo has muslims.
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Chibuike Egbo wrote

The Igbo people of the south east region in Nigeria with over 30 million population, have over the years maintained claim of being purely Christian region, but there is a modest population of Muslim Igbos in the region.

As with tradition on Db, we bring you informative and Educative articles and in this particular post, we have compiled Names and little details of some prominent and influential Muslims of Igbo extraction.

1. Sheikh Abdullahi Adam Idoko:
He is the Chief imam of the University of Nigeria (UNN) Nsukka. Hails from Ogute Enugu-Ezike in Nsukka, Enugu State.
He is also the Deputy secretary-general of the Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA).

2. Ustaz Christian Isah Okonkwo:
He is from Akpugo in Nkanu LGA, Enugu State, embraced Islam as a member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC). He was the president of Moslem Corpers Association in Kaduna State and the Moslem Corpers Association of Nigeria.
He was made the chief Imam of University of Ibadan in the 1980s.
He is currently the Director of Administration of Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA)

3. Alhaji Abdulaziz Chibuzo Ude:
Hails from Anambra state.
He is described as a businessman, Industrialist, Billionaire and a Philanthropist.
He was an acting Chairman of the Board of Directors of NEWSWATCH in the 1980s.
He is the founder of Nok Publishers and first African editor at Double Day.

4. Alhaji Daud Onyeagocha:
He is from Imo state, a human right lawyer.
He is the Chief Imam of Imo State and the Waziri Hausawa. His grandfather was said to be the first recorded Owerri man to embrace Islam in 1908.

5. Sheikh Daud Nwagui:
He is from Afikpo in Ebonyi State.
He is a Muslim from birth and the son of late Sheikh Ibrahim Okpani Nwagui, the founder of the Islamic Center, Afikpo who brought Islam to Afipko in 1958.

6. HRH Dr. Abdulfatai Emetumah:
He is the Igwe(Traditional ruler) of Umuofor Kingdom, Oguta LGA , Of Imo state. He is described as an Islamic scholar.
His father, Eze Alhaji Abdul Gaffaru (Ezeodo, Eze Ohazurukwe I of Akabor) is said to have converted to Islam during the war and thereafter brought it to his home town.

7. Sheikh Shehu Uthman Anaga:
Hails from Ebonyi state. Became a Muslim at the age of 13 in 1972. He has worked with JNI as a Preacher. He holds a BA in Islamic Studies from the King Sa'ud University in Riyad, Saudi Arabia.
He was the vice principal and later principal of of Jama'atu Institute for Arabic and Islamic Studies. He was the provost of the Jama'atu College of Education, Kaduna. He has completed his Masters and is pursuing his PHD.

8. Alhaji Yahaya Ndu:
He is from Ezeagu LGA in Enugu State. An Imam at Al-Hauda Muslim School. He was the presidential Candidate of the African Renaissance Party (ARP).

9. Ustaz Aminu Igwebe Odera:
He is from Orlu in Imo state. Converted to Islam at the age of 12 in the 1970s. Studied Islamic studies and later Food science technology in Tripoli University Libya.
He was the chief Imam of Owerri. He was appointed the director of Administration of Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) in 2000. His maternal uncle, Late Muhammad Ukaba was the chief imam of Orlu Local Government.

10. Chief Abdulkadir A Obiahu:
He is from Afikpo in Ebonyi state. He is an Engineer by Training, in 2007 he was conferred the Chieftaincy title of 'Onye Nchekwa Okwukwe Ala kuba Na Ala Igbo' (The Defender of the Islamic Faith in Igbo land) by His Royal Highness, Eze Nwosu Ibe, the Ezeigbo I of Abuja. He converted to Islam in 1982.


Are there names you think should be on this list? Leave a Comment!

http://dagreensblog..com/2017/10/check-out-10-prominentinfluential-igbo.html?m=1

We Need Support From Igbos To Propagate Islam In South East – Igbo Muslims


The chairman of the Ebonyi State Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board, Alhaji Abas Egwu, has said there is the need for Hausa and Yoruba Muslims to recognize indigenous Igbo Muslims as equally genuine and committed adherents of Islam despite their small population and, therefore, give them robust support in the area of da’wah.

Egwu stated this in Abakaliki when he received the National Organising Secretary of the Ansar-Ud-Deen Society of Nigeria (ADS), Alhaji Ibrahim Kilani, who visited ADS members in the state.
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The chairman of the Ebonyi State Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board, Alhaji Abas Egwu, has said there is the need for Hausa and Yoruba Muslims to recognize indigenous Igbo Muslims as equally genuine and committed adherents of Islam despite their small population and, therefore, give them robust support in the area of da’wah.

Egwu stated this in Abakaliki when he received the National Organising Secretary of the Ansar-Ud-Deen Society of Nigeria (ADS), Alhaji Ibrahim Kilani, who visited ADS members in the state.


According to Egwu, it is imperative for the Muslims in other parts of the country to help in the areas of establishment of Arabic and Islamic schools and building of mosques for ease of practice of Islam and the propagation of the religion in the eastern part of the country.

He commended what he called the fairness and impartiality of the state government towards Islam and Muslims, describing Ebonyi as the only state in eastern Nigeria which has a Muslim pilgrims board that is independent of the Christian board.

Alhaji Ibrahim Kilani said he was in the state to meet members of the Abakaliki branch of the ADS to rub minds with them on the fortune of the organisation.

Kilani, a former chairman of the Ondo State Pilgrims Welfare Board and member, National Technical Committee on Hajj, commended the state government for looking after the welfare of pilgrims and for appointing Hausa and Yoruba as members of the board.

The leader of the Muslim community in the state and Vice President General, Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), Dr Haroun Ajah, described ADS as a force to reckon with in the state.

He used the occasion to commend Dangote Group for donating items to the state’s Muslim community during the last Ramadan.

The Seriki Hausawa in the state, Alhaji Danjomo Gambo, who was equally visited by Alhaji Kilani, commended the ADS for its impact in the state.


http://orsu24news.com/we-need-support-from-igbos-to-propagate-islam-in-south-east-igbo-muslims/

Tushkito:
Iberibe, igbo.
I know u are expert on igbo matters, but next time don't make such silly mistakes again.

tankew

If i swing this long leg, your short @ss will land on a roof in Isiala Ngwa right away. Bloody iberiberi!

Gaekerete:
How much has APC paid since they denied obonnanya onu VP s position ?

Were
This guy don make me double over with laughter. Chineke

IPOB has relegated MASSOB and Ohanaeze to the dustbin. These guys have become the force to reckon with.

Police need to thread carefully and not give them more popularity abeg. They earn relevance and power as a movement and force division of loyalty amongst Ibo leadership. If government continue to engage them with antagonism they will soon become a de facto voice of expression for Ibo grievances. We dont want that. Leave them alone and ignore them.

jelel6:
So, they should just look for a Northern Christian and ask the person to become president?

Is anybody giving saraki the PDP's ticket or he's working hard for it? People and their entitlement mentality.

If i were Secondus I will send a powerful delegate to Obasanjo and get his opinion on bringing TY Danjuma in.

PDP need a overwhelming counter to snatch power from APC. None of the people on the list so far can generate that upset as best as Danjuma.

Sometimes the qualified stay away. It is the job of head hunters to go find the resource, engage it and bring good out of it. Secondus is joking around if he thinks he will topple APC in 2019 with the caliber of clowns that parade around as his contestants.

Has any of you ever thought about APC pulling an intrigue after the primaries....Buhari retires for medical reasons? That changes the whole game plan and catapults APC to embarass PDP, even in Secondus ward.

Dont underestimate politicians.

Hanji:
Ac inside keke napep, let me come and be going joor.

FAN