The Chief Imam of Suleja Central Mosque in Niger State, Sheikh Dahiru Shuaibu, has passed away just hours after his return from a pilgrimage in Makkah, Saudi Arabia.
According to a family source, Abduljalil Dahiru Shuaibu, the imam returned from Saudi Arabia on Saturday morning at approximately 9 am.
Sadly, he succumbed to a cardiac arrest at around 11 pm the same day while at his residence.
He said, “I was among the family members who went to the Abuja airport on Saturday morning to receive the imam back home. But around 11pm, I received a call that the imam had passed on.”
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The imam died at the age of 76. He was a retired khadi of the Shari’a Court of Appeal, Minna, Niger State, and was married to four wives, had 30 children and many grandchildren.
His remains were buried according to Islamic rites at the Suleja Muslim cemetery.