Shettima Describes Late Kaka-Imam Irreplaceable
By Bukar Bolori
The Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima, has described Sheikh Khadi Kaka-Imam, the father of former People’s Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Borno State, Alhaji Mohammed Imam, as irreplaceable.
The Sheikh died in the early hours of Monday and was committed to Mother Earth later the same day.
Shettima, in a statement signed by his spokesman Stanley Nkwocha, said the death of Sheikh Khadi Kaka-Imam was an irreplaceable loss.
The VP equally described the deceased as an institution.
The vice president, who joined other muslims in Maiduguri for the burial rites of the late Imam, said he would be missed by not just Borno people and Northern Nigeria, but the entire country.
He equally described the revered scholar as one whose legacy would outlive him, while adding that the deceased would be remembered as a philanthropist, role model and an elder statesman who was an embodiment of peace and harmony till death.
He said: ” We are mourning him and we are also celebrating him as an institution. May Allah grant his soul eternal rest and reward him with Aljannatul Firdaus.
” May Allah also grant his family and the good people of Borno and Nigeria the fortitude to bear the irreparable loss.”
The funeral prayer, which drew a mammoth crowd, took place at the residence of the centenarian in old GRA, Maiduguri.Thereafter, the deceased was interred at the Gwange Muslim Cemetery Ground in Maiduguri.
Other mourners who joined the Vice president included: Alhaji Abubakar Elkanemi, the Shehu of Borno, Gov. Mai Mala Buni of Yobe State and Alhaji Umar Kadafur, the Deputy Governor of Borno.
Others were: Sen. Abubakar Kyari, Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Sen. Mohammed Monguno, Sen. Kaka Lawan, Rep. Satomi Saleh and Alhaji Ali Dalori, APC Deputy National Chairman (North).
