Traders at the popular Agaka spare parts market in Ilorin, Kwara State on Wednesday closed shops for hours in honour of a late Islamic leader, Yahaya Olayiwola Ajia.
Speaking at the eighth-day Fidau jointly organised by the Kuranga-Ajia family and leaders of traders’ unions in the market for the reposed of the soul of the community leader, the well-wishers, comprising of family members and market leaders, described Ajia as a pillar of peace in the community.
Chairman of the trade union for Agaka/Baboko/Adabata auto spare parts and other accessories dealers, (Yoruba section), Sulaiman Ahmed, described the deceased as a patron and father to many different tribes in the market and its surroundings.
He said: “we take all disputes in the market to him for amicable resolutions which he often did to our admiration till he left this sinful world.
“He was ever ready to serve as a man…
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