President Muhammadu Buhari has sent his condolences to the government and people of Katsina State on the death of the Chief Imam of Katsina Juma’at Mosque, Liman Lawal.
The President, In a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, said Lawal, who passed on on Sunday at the age of 95, lived a pious, worthy and highly recommendable life.
He said he joined the Katsina Emirate, the immediate and extended family of the cleric, his associates and all Muslims in the state in mourning the religious leader, who he said spent his days praying and teaching values and precepts of the Quran.
“The President believes Malam Liman, who passed on at the age of 95 years, lived a pious, worthy and highly recommendable life that will be remembered by posterity, urging all Muslims in the state to immortalise him by living the virtues of love, peace, and neighbourliness he lived and propagated.
“President Buhari prays that Allah would grant the soul of the departed good rest, and comfort his family,” the statement read.
