The President, Engr. Kameel Yomi Bolarinwa, the Board of Trustees, the National Council of Elders, the Mission Board and the entire members of Nasrul Lahi Fatih Society NASFAT has joined the entire Muslim Ummah in mourning the passage of former Chief Imam of Lagos, late Sheikh Garba Akinola Ibrahim, whose died Sunday, 25th September, 2017.
The Society in a statement signed by its Publicity Secretary Alhaji Banji Busari, described late Akinola as a quintessential cleric whose life was exemplary.
The statement further described the deceased as a sincere and truthful man of God who lived all his life upholding the truth as well as striving for love and peaceful existence among various people irrespective of their ethnic, or religious backgrounds.
The statement read:
“Sheikh Garba Akinola Ibrahim will be missed especially by the Ummah for his forth rightness and his efforts in peaceful coexistence as well as his contributions to the national development”
“However we are consoled by his great ethical and religious legacies which will continue to benefit the mankind “he added
“As we mourn him we pray Almighty Allah to overlook his shortcomings and grant him Aljannah firdaos. We also pray Allah to grant his family, Lagos State and the entire Ummah the strength to bear the loss.”
