Sheikh Muhyideen Ajani Bello
27 Apr 2024
Spurred by his outstanding contribution to knowledge impartation and uniqueness of his approach to preaching and propagating virtues of Islam home and overseas, the Yoruba Council for Islamic Preachers has turbaned Sheikh Muhyideen Ajani Bello as King of Islamic Preachers (KIP) in Yorubaland (Sultonul waa’izeen).
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