Saturday, 12 September 2015

Top Nigerian Muslim leader kidnapped

Sheikh Adam Idoko
Deputy Secretary-General of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, NSCIA, and also the Chief Imam of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka Adam Idoko, has been kidnapped.


Enewz gathered that Idoko, a famous Islamic cleric in the South East, was abducted in the early hours of Thursday in his village, Ogrute Enugu-Ezike in Nssukka, Enugu state.

Confirming the abduction, the Chief Imam of Nagazi-Uvete Jumu’at Mosque, Okene, Kogi State, Murtada Gusau, says the Muslim community had reported the incident to the police shortly after it happened.

He adds that the police assured them of taking immediate action towards freeing the cleric from the kidnappers.

On his part, the Police Public Relations Officer PPRO of the Enugu Police Command, Amaraizu Ebere, confirmed the abduction, saying the command was investigating matter.

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