Governor Aliyu Wamakko and
his Bauchi State counterpart, Alhaji Isa Yuguda, both gave N5million each to
Igbo natives who converted to Islam yesterday. Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo
State and former Governor of Abia State Orji Uzor Kalu gave N2 million and
N1million to the converts.
The event took place at the
National Mosque in Abuja.
The Chief Imam of the
National Mosque, who was represented at the ceremony, announced the cash
donation. The converts who were all males within the ages of 25 and 35 years
said they accepted Islam because it is a “truthful, peaceful and charitable
faith.”
“I was attracted to Islam
because of the truth it resonated in me, and I saw the charity of the faith
which all its adherents find peace and solace in,” said Ibrahim Ukah, formerly
Uchenna Ukah and a younger brother of a fellow convert, Tobechi Ukah, now
Abdullahi Ukah.
The commencement of Friday
prayers at the mosque was unusually late as the converts were given priority
when Islamic rites were administered on them for 30 minutes.
The 18 men from the
South-Eastern part of the country were led by the NTA Owerri host of “Islamic
calling in Igbo language” Alhaji Muhammad Kabir Orjiegbulam alongside the Board
of Trustees, Secretary of the Justice Mamman Nasir Islamic Centre for Peace and
Research, Alhaji Ibrahim Biobo Nlomije.
So unemployed youths now get paid to become Muslims or what am i missing here?
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