PHOTOS: How Muslims celebrated Sallah in Nigeria

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Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal with Sultan Muhammad Sa’ad at the Sokoto Central Eid praying ground for prayers to commemorate the 2017 Eid-el-Kabir sallah celebration in Sokoto

It’s another Sallah celebrations and Muslim faithful all over the World are celebrating.

Wuzupnigeria brings you are a pictorial story how the Eid-el-Kabir was celebrated in North, East and Western parts of  Nigeria.

In Sokoto state where the seat of the Caliphate is located, the Governor Aminu, Tambuwal, the Sultan, Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar and a former President of Nigeria, Shehu Shagari were all at the praying ground with others  Muslims to celebrate the Sallah.

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L-R: National Vice Chairman (North West) of APC, Malam Inuwa Abdulkadir, Speaker of Sokoto State House of Assembly, Hon Salihu Maidaji, Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, Sultan Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar and other Muslim faithful offering prayers at the Sokoto Central Eid ground to commemorate the 2017 Eid-el-Kabir sallah celebration in Sokoto.
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Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal paying homage to former Nigerian President, Shehu Shagari, at the Sokoto Central Eid praying ground during Eid-el-kabir prayers in the Seat of the Caliphate

 

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Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal with Sultan Muhammad Sa’ad at the Sokoto Central Eid praying ground for prayers to commemorate the 2017 Eid-el-Kabir sallah celebration in Sokoto

 

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From left: Gov. Muhammadu Bindow of Adamawa; Lamido of Adamawa, Alhaji Muhammadu Barkindo; and Wazirin Adamawa, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, during Eid el-Kabir Durbar at Lamido’s palace in Yola

In Delta state, Muslims gathered at the Warri Naval Base to pray.

 

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Deputy Imam of Warri, Alhaji Tinau Aminu slaughtering a ram during the Eid el-Kabir celebration at Warri Naval Base in Delta.

 

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Muslims faithful observing the Eid el-Kabir prayers at the Warri Naval Base in Delta

In Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, a thief accused of picking someone’s pocket was being led away from the Eid el-Kabir prayers in Ibadan Muslims.

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Muslims faithful observing the at the Eid el-Kabir prayers in Ibadan on Friday
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A thief accused of picking someone’s pocket being led away from the Eid el-Kabir prayers in Ibadan
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