Muslim cleric, Idris Abdulaziz Dutsen Tanshi, dies in Bauchi The Chief Imam of Dutsen Tanshi Juma’at Mosque in Bauchi State, Dr...
Muslim cleric, Idris Abdulaziz Dutsen Tanshi, dies in Bauchi
The Chief Imam of Dutsen Tanshi Juma’at Mosque in Bauchi State, Dr Idris Abdulaziz Dutsen Tanshi, is dead.
He died Thursday evening in Bauchi, according to the cleric’s associates.
Mr Tanshi’s death was confirmed by the Dutsen Tanshi Majlis Bauchi, one of the late cleric’s official Facebook handles Thursday evening.
His funeral prayers would be held in Bauchi by 10am on Friday, according to a short statement posted on the mosque’s Facebook page.
This newspaper reports that Mr Tanshi has been suffering an undisclosed illness for sometimes before he died.
It was gathered that the controversial Salafi cleric was flown back from India about a week ago — where he went to treat an undisclosed ailment.
The cleric could not even conduct the annual Tafsir for 2025 Ramadan fasting period obviously because of the protracted illness.
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