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Waliyyai Cemetery, situated beside the Federal Secretariat at Katsina Road in Fagge Local Government Area of Kano State, is the resting place for the founder of the Qadiriyya Movement and plays host to many people annually and occasionally, Daily Trust reports. A visit by our correspondent showed that the graves at the cemetery are in […]
Daily Trust that the ban was politically motivated.
Beyond banning the cleric, the state government had also ordered that all seminaries run by the cleric be shut down pending investigations by security agencies.
It also directed all broadcast stations and social media platforms to abstain from airing inflammatory preaching, sermons, propagation and any other religious discussions in the interest of peace.
The cleric has been known for controversial messages and reported attacks on the companions of Prophet Muhammad PBUH.
But he insisted he was banned because he worked against Gov Abdullahi Ganduje’s 2019 reelection.
The keenly contested elections ended with a runoff which Ganduje’s All Progressives Congress (APC), defeated Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s Abba Kabir Yusuf.