The director, administration at the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), Mallam Yusuf Chinedozi Nwoha is dead.
Nwoha died on Wednesday in an unfortunate road accident at Okene, Kogi state, on his way to Owerri in Imo state for Sallah festival.
The sudden death of Nwoha was confirmed in a statement signed by NSCIA Chairman, Media Committee, Femi Abba, obtained by The Guardian.
Mallam Nwoha who retired as Deputy Director in the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in 2019 was also the NSCIA’s representative at the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON).
“With heavy hearts and impregnable sobriety, the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affair (NSCIA) hereby announces the demise of its Director of Administration, Mallam Yusuf Chinedozi Nwoha. He died in a road accident at Okene, Kogi State, on his way to Oweri in Imo State for Eidul Adha last Wednesday,” Abba said in the statement.
The statement said details of internment, his life as a Muslim, his various Islamic activities and footprint he left behind will be published later.
Source: The Guardian
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Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi rajiun
May Allah forgive his soul and accept his return May Allah lighten and widen his grave and make his questioning easy and grant him Aljanna Firdaus
Whatever he has put forward that Allah loves may it be a sadaqat jariah for him
The ummah has really lost a big one
May his family be consoled, protected and provided for by the Almighty
May Allah forgive the former chairman of Owerri Muslim community, I can still recall your heart warming sermons. May Allah protect your families and keep them on the right path .