New Chief Imam of Ilorin for installation July 10

The Emir of Ilorin and Chairman, Kwara State Council of Traditional Rulers, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari, will on Friday, 10 July 2026, officially turban the recently appointed Sheikh Muhammad Bashir Dasuki Imam Fulani as the 13th substantive Chief Imam of Ilorin Emirate.

According to a media outlet, The Defender, a statement on Monday signed by the Emir’s spokesman, Dr. Abdulazeez Arowona, disclosed that the turbaning ceremony will hold at the Emir’s Palace in the ancient city beginning at 10am.

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Sheikh Dasuki Imam Fulani, who was appointed on Wednesday, 10 June 2026, has since assumed duty and delivered his inaugural Jumu’ah Khutbah on Friday, 19 June 2026, where he preached piety and unity and peaceful coexistence in the society.

The new Chief Imam, an alumnus of Darul Kitab Wa Sunnah College of Arabic and Islamic Studies, Gaa Akanbi, Ilorin; Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria; Al-Azhar University, Cairo; and Al-Hikmah University, Ilorin, succeeds Alhaji (Dr.) Muhammad Bashir Imam Soliu who died on 19 January 2026 following a brief illness.

He is the founder and proprietor of Darul Bisharah Arabic and Islamic Studies, Egbejila, Ilorin, served as the Imam leading daily and weekly Jumu’ah prayers at Afsat Oloriegbe Memorial Mosque, Oko Olowo, Ilorin, among other roles.

While wishing Sheikh Muhammad Bashir Dasuki Imam Fulani a long life and a divinely guided, prosperous tenure, Alhaji Sulu-Gambari urged the entire Muslim Ummah to attend the turbaning ceremony.