Sheikh Nuru Khalid who was sacked as Chief Imam of National Assembly Mosque Zone E, Apo Legislators’ Quarters, Gudu District, Abuja for allegedly preaching against the Federal government due to his recent sermon has gotten a new mosque to preside on.
Sheik Nura had last Friday called out the government over its failure to tame the escalating insecurity and killings in the country.
Sheikh Khalid was however sacked after being initially suspended for allegedly criticising President Muhammadu Buhari over last Monday night’s attack on an Abuja-Kaduna train where many people were injured and others kidnapped with some number of casualties.
The digital Imam as he is only called by many has now gotten a new appointment from the Management Committee of a new Jum’mat Mosque behind the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Quarters, Abuja.
He is to lead the congregation with effect from Friday, April 8.
Confirming his new appointment, Khalid described the termination of his appointment by the mosque’s management committee as a necessary price he had to pay for identifying with the suffering masses and speaking truth to power.
He said;
“By the Grace of Almighty Allah, I will be leading my new congregation this Friday, because as clerics we need a platform to operate.
“There’s a Jum’mat mosque we built behind the CBN Quarters, in Abuja; I will now be leading the congregation there.”