Renowned scholar and Muslim rights activist in Nigeria, Prof. Ishaq Lakin Akintola, will on Monday, July 10, 2023 retire from the services of Lagos State University (LASU), Ojo, after spending 39 illustrious years in the institution. The founder of the famous Muslim Rights Concern, MURIC.
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GLAD TIDINGS NEWS gathered that Akintola, who is a Professor of Islamic Eschatology, will clock the age of 70 on the same day, necessitating his retirement as an accomplished academic.
Popular in the country for his relentless agitations for Muslim rights, Professor Akintola, founder of the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), was among the twelve (12) Hijab advocates that won the Nigerian Muslim Personality of the Year 2021, an award organised by Muslim News, Nigeria’s most authoritative Islamic Newspaper.
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In commemoration of his retirement, an event is billed to hold on Sunday, July 9, featuring the unveiling of his 429-page autobiography titled: ‘My Jihad: The Autobiography of an Islamic Eschatologist cum Human Rights Activist’.
An array of personalities including Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu; his Deputy, Dr. Kadri Obafemi Hamzat; immediate past Kaduna State Governor, Nasir el-Rufai; immediate past Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Ali Pantami will grace the 2-in-1 event.
Other dignitaries expected are: Oluwo of Iwo Kingdom, HRM, Oba AbdulRasheed Akanbi; Oniba of Iba, HRM, Oba Adesina Sulaimon Raji, Chief Imam of Lagos State Sheikh Sulaiman Abou-Nolla; Vice Chancellor, University of Ilorin, Prof. Wahab Egbewole; Mallam Yusuf Ola-Olu Ali, SAN (chairman); President, Muslim Ummah of South West Nigeria (MUSWEN), Alhaji Rasaki Oladejo, and the hostess, Vice Chancellor of LASU, Prof. Ibiyemi Olatunji-Bello.
The Chairman of the Planning Committee, Dr. Busari Muhammad, confirmed on Friday, July 7, 2023 that the event would take place at LTV 8, Ikeja, Lagos State by 10 am.
