Ondo: Gov Aiyedatiwa reopens Ikare-Akoko Central Mosque

​Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa of Ondo State has officially ordered the reopening of the Ikare-Akoko Central Mosque, which had been closed since October 18, 2022.

The mosque was primitively unopen by the precocious Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu amid concerns implicit imaginable unit successful the municipality owed to a enactment quality surrounding the assignment of the mosque’s imam.

Speaking connected Tuesday successful Akure during the yearly Ramadan Iftar prayer, themed “Iftar With Mr Governor” and organized by the authorities authorities successful collaboration with the Ondo State Muslim Welfare Board, Governor Aiyedatiwa declared the mosque unfastened to worshippers erstwhile again.

He besides reinstated Sheikh Abubakar Muhammed Abbas, the Chief Imam anterior to the closure, to proceed starring Islamic prayers and spiritual activities successful the town.

“Today, with Kabiyesi, Oba Akadri Momoh, the Olukare of Ikare, the Grand Mufti of the state, and the Chief Imam of Ikare present, I hereby state the Central Mosque of Ikare officially reopened. The Chief Imam volition pb prayers successful the tone of unity and love,” the politician said.

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