Cleric Defies Sultan, Leads Early Eid Prayer in Sokoto Over Moon Sighting Dispute
A Sokoto-based Islamic scholar, Sheikh Musa Lukuwa, on Thursday led his followers in observing the Eid al-Fitr prayer, going against the official directive of the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III, who had declared Friday as the day for the celebration across Nigeria. The cleric conducted the two-unit Eid prayer at his mosque…
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