Sokoto cleric, followers observe Eid despite Sultan’s directive

A Sokoto-based Islamic scholar, Sheikh Musa Lukuwa, on Thursday led his followers in observing Eid al-Fitr prayers in defiance of a directive issued by Sultan Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III, who had declared Friday as the official Sallah day. Lukuwa conducted the two-unit Eid prayer at his Mabera mosque at about 9:10am,...