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Islamic Scholar and the first Grand Khadi of Niger State Sheikh Ahmed Lemu is dead.

Sheiikh Lemu died in Minna Thursday. He was aged 91 years. A statement by one of his children, Nurudeen Lemu, confirmed the demise of the scholar and educationist.  He was buried according to Islamic right. The deceased authored so many books and received the King Faisal Bin Abdul Aziz award for the promotion of peaceful coexistence among people of different faith. Prior to his death he served at different capacity in this country where he proved his high level of integrity, hardworking, God fearing and intellectuality.  He was the recipients of number of merit awards national and international among them he's the recipient of King Faisal Prize  merit award in Saudi Arabia 2014 which to my knowledge is the second after Sheikh Abubakar Gumi.  In addition, he's the husband of renown Author and Islamic scholar Aisha Lemu who wrote a reputable Islamic Studies book for secondary schools which all my contemporary are beneficiaries to her work.  May the Almighty Allah gran