By Popular Cleric,Sheikh Abdulganiyu Nuraini, Students die in Kwara Flood
Fatimah Idera
A popular Islamic cleric in Kwara State, Sheikh Abdulganiyu Nuraini, popularly called Alfa Gani Aboto, and two of his students, Alfa Azeez Omoekun and Alfa Nurudeen, on Saturday died in flood waters.
It was gathered on Sunday that the corpses of the victims and their car were recovered when the water had subsided.
The sheikh and his students on Sunday were coming from da’awah activity in Minna, Niger State when the flood swept away his Toyota Yaris car while trying to cross a bridge near Harmony Estate/Kukende at the Akerebiata area of Ilorin.
Also, his corpse was transported to his hometown in Aboto, Asa LGA of the state on Sunday after a Janazah in Ilorin.
Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, former Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki, Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Ibrahim Zuku Gambari, among other prominent personalities in the state, have expressed shock over the incident and sympathized with his family.
