Buhari condoles Katsina govt, emirates over death of Chief Imam, Lawal

President Muhammadu Buhari has commiserated with the government and people of Katsina State over the passing of the Chief Imam of Katsina Juma’at Mosque, Malam Liman Lawal, on Sunday.

President Buhari in a statement by his spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu in Abuja, Sunday evening, joined the Katsina Emirate, the immediate and extended family of the cleric, his associates and all Muslims in the state in mourning the cerebral religious leader, who spent his days praying and teaching values and precepts of the Quran.

According to the statement, “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 prayed that Allah would grant the soul of the departed good rest, and comfort his family.