Fidau in honour of the 12th Chief Imam of Ilorin and Chairman Kwara State Council of Ulama, Dr. Muhammad Bashir Imam Solih OON, was held on Sunday 25th January 2026 amidst momoth crowd from within and outside the state.
ROYAL NEWS reports that Imam Muhammad Bashir died on 19th January 2026 at the age of 75 after a brief ilness.
Dignatries at the prayer were; Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara State, the Deputy Governor of Kwara State, Mr. Kayode Alabi, Attorney-General and Minister for Justice, Prince Lateef Fagbemi SAN, former Chief of State to the former President, Prof. Ibrahim Agboola Gambari, the Ciroma of Ilorin, Barr. Abubakar Bature Sulu-Gambari SAN, Turaki of Ilorin, Sen. Saliu Mustapha, Kuliya of Ilorin, Prof. Yusuf Olaolu Ali SAN, Zanna of Ilorin, Engr. Yusuf Lanre Sagaya OFR, Alhaji Hakeem Bello, Justice Idris Abdullahi Haroon OFR, Grand Mufti of Ilorin, Dr. Sulyman Farooq Onikijipa OON, Tafida of Ilorin, Alhaji Abubakar Kawu Baraje CON, and the Danmadami of Ilorin, Alhaji Shehu Ahmad Gafar OON.
Others are; the Sarkin Gobir of Ilorin, Pharmacist Yakubu Gobir, Grand Khadi of the Kwara State Shariah Court of Appeal, Justice Abdullateef Kamaldeen, the Danmasani of Ilorin, Engr. Sulyman Yahaya Alapansanpa, Jagunmolu of Igbomina land, Alhaji Abdulraheem Oladimeji OFR, Amb. Abdulfatai Yahaya Seriki MFR, NACCIMA National President, Alhaji Jani Ibrahim, Kuliya of Sokoto, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede CON, and the Barade of Okuta Emirate, Dr. Luqman Mustapha.
Among other important personalities at the event were; the Chief Imam of Offa, Sheikh Muyideen Hussein, members of the Ilorin Emirate Council, Chief Imams across Kwara South Senatorial District, traditional chiefs, sympathisers and members of the public.
In his lecture, the Grand Mukadam of Ilorin, Sheikh Sulyman Dan-Borno, eulogized the virtues of late Shaykh Muhammad Bashir Imam Solih OON stressing that the deseased lived a fullfiled life worthy of emulation.
Dan-Borno expressed great regret over the unfortunate incidence adding that, “who will be the next Chief Imam with unblemished character?
Also, the Grand Mufti of Ilorin, Dr. Sulyman Farooq Onikijipa OON, in his lecture expressed sasness over the death of Imam Solih and prayed Almighty Allah to grant him Al-Jannatul Firdaus.
