A Kaduna based Islamic cleric, Muhammed Sanusi Gumbi, is dead.
The renowned cleric died at a private hospital in Abuja at about 10:00 p.m. on Thursday after a protracted illness.
He is survived by two wives, many children and grand children.
The funeral prayers took place after Juma’at prayers on Friday at Sultan Bello Mosque, Angwan Sarki, Kaduna.