Corruption: Cleric urges leaders to emulate Justice Akanbi

An Islamic cleric, Ustaz Abdulwahab Sharani, has urged the country’s leaders to emulate the Late former Appeal Court President, Justice Mustapha Akanbi, for “his uprightness and incorruptible nature, as panacea to the challenges militating against the growth and development of the country.” Sharani, who made the call on Sunday evening in Kaduna, also tasked Muslims to “use the remaining few days of holy month of Ramadan to pray intensively for peace and security to return across the country in the place of killings, herders, farmers’ clashes, kidnapping, cattle rustling, armed robbery and other criminal acts that had held parts of the country hostage.” Speaking at a 8th day fidau prayer for late founding chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Justice Mustapha Akanbi, organised by the General Secretary of Textile Workers Union, Comrade Issa Aremu, Ustaz Sharani said the nation’s Muslims “should constantly seek Allah’s blessings, because the blessings with Allah are in excess of humans needs.” He said: “Late Justice Mustapha Akanbi was an honest and just man who treats everybody equally.
He would rather please an outsider than please a relation or family member.
“Justice Akanbi was incorruptible and fair to everybody.
Nigerian leaders should emulate and take after him by being just, fair and especially incorruptible, that is one way of regaining our lost glory as a people and as a country.
“Prayer is very important in life, Allah wants us to always beseech Him and He gets angry if we fail to seek His blessings.
We should use the remaining days of Ramadan to pray for Allah’s abundant blessings, because His blessings is more than what all the people on earth needs.” “As I was about to leave Abuja for Kaduna this afternoon, I was feeling somehow about the trip, so I asked my Islamiyya students to pray and we all prayed.
The importance of the prayer was that upon entering Kaduna, I was involved in a small accident.
The prayer warded off evil and minimised the impact of the accident.
So, we need to constantly pray