FACTS ABOUT IMAN WHO SAVED 262 CHRISTIANS DURING ATTACK

 Here are few facts about the heroic Imam Abubakar Abdullahi:

Imam Abdullahi was born in Bauchi State around 1936 and has lived in Nghar for 60 years.

After living in Nghar for 60 years, He’s leader of the Muslim community in a mosque that was built on land provided by the Christian community.

He was announced as one of the recipients of the 2019 US International Religious Freedom Award.

Imam Abdullahi Abubakar, who is Hausa and the Chief Imam of a mosque in Yelwan Gindi Akwati village, in the Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau State, alongside his assistant Umar Abdullahi, who is Fulani, saved the lives of over 200 persons when suspected bandits attacked communities in the LGA.

The reported attack took place on June 23, 2018, on Yelwan Gindi Akwati, Swei and Nghar villages in Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau State, where scores of persons were killed by suspected bandits.

On the day of this incident, Imam Abdullahi was said to have just finished midday prayers, he and his congregation heard gunshots and went outside to see members of the town’s Christian community fleeing. Instinctively, the Imam ushered 262 of them into the mosque and into his personal home next door.

Abubakar Abdullahi hid 262 Berom Christians in his mosque and in his house in June 2018, when herdsmen launched a bloody attack on 10 villages in Barkin Ladi, Plateau State.

According to news reports, the mosque is now the home and refuge of those hidden by the Imam.

And again Yesterday President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday honoured Imam Abubakar Abdullahi for saving 262 Christians in Plateau State.

Imam Abubakar Abdullahi, in 2018, risked his life by saving Christians that bandits wanted to kill.

He was conferred with the Order of the Niger (MON) award for his heroic act by the president.