Ayodele Olalere
Following Thursday’s ban by the Lagos State government on religious gathering above 50 worshippers, over the Coronavirus pandemic, Muslim faithful in some parts of the state, on Friday, shunned Friday Ju’mat service.
A visit to the Secretariat Community Central Mosque, Alausa, Ikeja, one of the biggest mosques in the state, which usually attracts large numbers of Muslim worshippers on Fridays including top government officials, was under lock and key with no single worshipper as at 2pm, the usual time Muslims gather to worship.
Some traders near the mosque who spoke with The Nigerian Xpress said the situation was as a result of the directive by the state government which bans large religious gathering, as well as the fear of contacting the virus.
