Cleric, Followers Observe Eid despite Sultan’s Directive

ShareA Sokoto-based Islamic scholar, Sheikh Musa Lukuwa, yesterday led his followers in observing Eid al-Fitr prayers in defiance of a directive issued by Sultan Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III, who had declared Friday as the official Sallah day. Lukuwa conducted the two-unit Eid prayer at his Mabera mosque at about 9:10am, hours after the Sultan announced that the Shawwal crescent moon had not been … Continue reading Cleric, Followers Observe Eid despite Sultan’s Directive