Friday 28 September 2012

Amosun, Fashola mourn Islamic leader, Abdul Lateef Adegbite

Secretary-General, Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, Dr Abdulateef Adegbite

Ogun State Governor, Ibikunle Amosun, and his Lagos State counterpart, Babatunde Fashola, have expressed sadness over the death of the Secretary-General of the Nigeria Supreme Council of Islamic Affairs, Dr. Abdul Lateef Adegbite.
 
The Islamic leader and Baba Adinni of Egbaland died in a Lagos hospital of an undisclosed ailment aged 79.

His death reportedly threw Abeokuta and Egbaland into fresh mourning, coming on the heels of the demise of two prominent Egba sons, Chief Oluwole Adeosun and Chief Segun Taiwo.

Amosun, in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media, Funmi Wakama, described the late Adegbite as one of the greatest men produced by the state.

“Dr. Adegbite shone like a star in the field of law and was well known across the world as the mouthpiece of Islam in Nigeria.

 The late Seriki was a man who usually offered wise counsel to governments at federal and state levels.

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