Famous Nigerian Islamic cleric, Muyideen Bello is dead

The Ibadan-based popular Islamic cleric, Muyideen Bello has been reported dead in the early hours of Friday, as made known by many of his associates, but as at the time of filing these reports details of his death were not available.

Penpushing reports that the deceased known to be, influential among Muslims from South-West Nigeria was born in 1940 and was one of the spiritual leaders of the Ansarudeen Society of Nigeria.

The death was, however, confirmed by many of his close followers and other Islamic clerics on their social media pages, while one of them Saheed Oladele wrote on Facebook, that he received early morning phone call on the development

“People who knew how close I recently became to Alh Muhydeen Bello have just woken me up with calls. When I visited baba last, he saw me off and stood talking to me outside for more than 30 minutes. I was wondering how someone over 80 could stand that long when I was tired at my age and I didn’t know how to tell him’, Oladele wrote.

Penpushing further reports that another Islamic cleric Taofeeq Akeugbagold on his facebook page wrote that his mentor has returned to his creator, describing the incident as a sad development to him, but prayed for peaceful rest for him

“Today is one of my saddest days! My father and mentor has returned to his Creator. SULTONUL WAHIZEEN of Yorubaland Sheikh Muyideen AJANI BELLO, may Allah be pleased with your soul. Aljannah fridaos for you. Our heart is full of grief and our eyes full of tears but we will say nothing but what will please our Creator, the sole commander of life and death – ALLAH’, he wrote

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