The Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Professor Ali Isa Pantami, Sturday led the federal government’s delegation to Kano to console the family of a popular Islamic cleric, Dr Ahmad Ibrahim (BUK).
Daily Trust had reported how the cleric, aged 82, died at the Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital (AKTH), Kano, after a brief illness.
Kano literarily stood still when the remains of the respected scholar were laid to rest at the Dandolo cemetery in Gwale Local Government Area of Kano metropolis.
Thousands of Muslims within and outside Kano attended the funeral prayers led by the Chief Imam of Bayero University, Kano (BUK), Sheikh Abubakar Jibril.
The federal government’s delegation, which also had the Minister of Information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, arrived at the mosque of the late Islamic cleric few minutes after 4pm and were received by members of his family and his associates.
Introducing the delegation, the presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu, who was part of the team, said they were sent by President Muhammadu Buhari to condole with the family and the Kano people in general.
The leader of the delegation, Pantami, said the death of the respected scholar was a great loss to the country, adding that he had left a huge vacuum.
He prayed to Allah to grant him Aljannah and give the family, his students and associates the fortitude to bear the loss.
Speaking on behalf of the associates of the late scholar, the chief imam of BUK mosque, Dr Abubakar Jibrin, thanked the president and the delegation for the visit.
