By Haruna Usman, Birnin Kebbi
Kebbi State Commissioner for Religious Affairs, Alhaji Muhammadu Sani Aliyu, has distanced the Kebbi state government from the claim of the chief Imam, of Wala Jumuat Mosque in Birnin Kebbi, Alhaji Rufai Ibrahim that he was relieved of his job because he belongs to the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
Briefing journalist in Birnin Kebbi, the commissioner stated that the chief imam voluntarily resigned for reasons best known to him, though confirmed that his anger may nor be unconnected with the welfare done to all imams of jumuat mosque by a Governor Nasir Idris government, which the now former chief imam claimed was shortchanged.
Shading more light on the controversy surrounding his resignation, Aliyu said his allegations of under-payment was untrue after investigations by the committee and DSS where he took the matter too.
He further stated that, Idris has never mmeddled with any religious as there are relevant bodies concerned where complaints can be channeled too.
“We do not have hand in it and it has no political inclination. He resigned and the local appointed his deputy to takeover pending the appointment of the new chief imam.
However, the chief imam of the mosque, Malam Rufai Ibrahim, who could not be reached was heard in a video circulating on social media that the person who brought the money threatened him on the phone when he demanded why the money was brought incomplete hence his reason to report the matter to the police and DSS.