Sokoto govt shuts mosque after cleric’s stabbing, orders probe

The Sokoto State Government has shut down the Lukuwa Jumu’at Mosque after a cleric, Sheikh Musa Lukuwa, was stabbed and his alleged attacker killed. According to the Daily Post Nigeria, the incident occurred on September 11, shortly after Lukuwa led the Juma’at prayer at the mosque in the Mabera area of the state.

The government has constituted a committee, made up of Islamic scholars, to investigate the causes of the attack and advise on measures to address the situation. The committee will look into the immediate and remote causes of the religious tensions surrounding the incident.

The mosque has been closed until further notice and is being treated as a crime scene. The government has urged residents to show love and compassion to the Prophet Muhammad and to desist from making inciting statements that could threaten peaceful coexistence in the state.

Brief written by urgent.news from Punch Nigeria, Punch, Daily Post Nigeria — 3 reports on this story. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.