Muslim leader Taibat Amope Bakare dies in Nigeria
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Punch
Alhaja Taibat Amope Bakare, the general leader of the Ansar-ud-Deen Muslim organisation in Ekiti State, has died in Nigeria. Political and religious leaders, including Lagos Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu and Senate Majority Leader Opeyemi Bamidele, offered their condolences to her family, Punch reports.
Taibat Amope Bakare, the general women’s leader of the Ansar-ud-Deen Muslim organisation in Ekiti State, has died in Nigeria. Her eldest son, Kola Bakare, announced that political leaders and other prominent figures had paid tribute to her, Punch reports.
Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu led a delegation to the family in Igbemo-Ekiti. In his condolence message, he praised the deceased’s religious commitment and called on her relatives to preserve her legacy. Nigerian Senate Majority Leader Opeyemi Bamidele also visited the family with a delegation that included lawmaker Steve Fatoba and the Deputy Speaker of the Ekiti State House of Assembly, Bolaji Egbeyemi.
Bola Oyebamiji, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in the last election for governor of Osun State, also offered his condolences. He described Bakare as a promoter of Islamic teachings who supported development projects through charitable donations.
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