President Muhammadu Buhari says his decision to observe the Juma’at prayers at the Presidential Villa and not the National Mosque in Abuja, is to prevent the constraints and inconveniences presiden...
President Muhammadu Buhari receives in audience Imams and Senior Islamic Scholars from 36 States of Nigeria and FCT in State House on 29th Mar 2019. Source: Instagram/Buhari Sallau
A presidential spokesman Femi Adesina, in a statement in Abuja on Friday, said the President disclosed this when he responded to a request by a delegation of Imams and Senior Islamic ScholarsThe delegation, led by Prof. Shehu Ahmad Galadanci, the Murshid, National Mosque, was at State House to congratulate the president on his victory at the February 23 presidential election.
‘‘As you all know, presidential movements require roadblocks and other attendant restrictions which could subject worshippers and other people to a lot of difficulties.’’
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