Sheikh Musa Lukwa, a cleric based in Sokoto, defied the orders of Sultan Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar and led his followers in observing Eid prayers on Tuesday.

The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, under the leadership of the Sultan, had declared that fasting would continue on Tuesday as the crescent moon had not been sighted. However, Sheikh Lukwa, who has a history of disregarding the Sultan's directives, claimed that the moon of Shawwal had been sighted in Niger Republic.

He argued that since Niger Republic is closer to Nigeria than Saudi Arabia, whose sighting is accepted, there was no moral justification to not observe Eid prayers on Tuesday. This is not the first time Sheikh Lukwa has gone against the Sultan's orders, as he did the same in 2022.

https://obasanjonews.com/sallah-sokoto-cleric-defies-sultans-orders-leads-eid-prayers-on-tuesday/

Happy Eid UL fitr to them

The supreme council is not supreme.

Confusion plenty.

Dat's man must have been very hungry all dis days no time to follow orders

Eye don red from fasting. This is where the "No gree for anybody" plays out.

That is good

Everyone is not staying at the same place and locations na





If they don sight their own moon 🎑 they should declare the dorime for the neighborhood joor!

Did Niger sight the moon that's the question

Less than one percent.

Even in sokoto sultan is nothing to reckon with.. That chief imam must be punished for defying number 1 slave order