The 2016 edition of annual Ramadan Public Lecture of popular Bariga, Lagos State based Islamic cleric, Sheikh Muri n Bariga, was held on Sunday, June 12th, at an open ground within Sholanke area of Akoka, to keep the tradition of first Sunday of every Ramadan period lecture intact.
Despite the heavy rain that greeted the early hours of the day and the light shower of rain that dotted the rest of the day, the event which had Fuji music superstar, King Saheed Osupa in attendance and celebrity cleric, Sheikh Buhari Omo Musa delivering the main lecture, still attracted a mammoth crowd as everyone defied the wetness of the day to be part of the event.
The event kicked off some minutes to 12 noon with musical performances by Islamic artistes within the fold of Ile Nla, an ever expanding Islamic sub group with strong spirit of comeradeship and cameraderie established by Baba n Bariga as Sheikh Muri n Bariga is fondly called by his adherents, and every performance by the talented artistes from Ile Nla was a "hit, back to back."
Shortly before the captain of all the wavemaking Islamic artistes within the sub group and IMAN Awards 2016 Best Male Islamic Artiste of the Year, Alhaji Abdul-Salam Azeez Abiodun Ajiroba popularly known as Saoty Arewa arrived to navigate the course of performances on the stage, award-winning female singer, Ummu Niyass who emerged IMAN Awards 2016 Best New Female Islamic Artiste of the Year, had started dazzling the growing gathering with an electrifying performance and it took the arrival and strong persuasion of Saoty Arewa to make her leave the microphone for the next act, Musa Alase, as she was literally glued to it.
Now in hold of the microphone, Musa Alase did not disappoint anyone with his own performance too as he took the tempo of the music some notches higher than where the female artiste before him left it. Meanwhile, as if he knew many from the crowd which had already filled up the smaller venue of the lecture, compared to where was used the previous years, CMS Grammar School, Bariga, before the recent Lagos State Government regulation forbiden the use of school premises for event forced the new venue on the lecture, could not wait to hear him sing, Saoty Arewa gave a cameo performance right after Musa Alase stopped.
However, before the gathering would get too carried away by his very interesting delivery of good music, Saoty Arewa diplomatically invited Lady Saruji to perform and her performance was followed by that of Opa Suffi and then, Hamuda Yusuf performed before handing over the microphone to Oninure after whom Musa Alase returned for a second performance through what looked like a special privilege of being "the golden son of Ile Nla."
As time was running out, to set the ball of the event proper, rolling after Musa Alase's second coming, Sheikh Mohammed Yusuf Agbaji was called upon to give the opening prayer by proteges of popular Islamic presenter, Alfa Anasri who was supposed to be the main anchor but had not arrived. After that, there was recitation from the Holy Quran by brother Tajudeen Abdul-Majid. Then Saoty Arewa returned to the bandstand to invite the recent winner of IMAN Awards 2016 Best Female Islamic Artiste of the Year, Rukayat Gawat Oyefeso to the stage for her performance.
And like the best among the rest in 2016 that she is, the dark complexioned pretty singer gave a performance which confirmed that her award was well deserved. The well swallowed dose of entertainment she gave was followed by presentation of a special gift by Saoty Arewa Fans Club to Baba n Bariga. And right after that, another sensational female Islamic artiste, Iyan n Kaola was called upon to perform which she did with a lot of ease typical of artistes who know their onions.
With more than enough music already delivered to engage the gathering, the first short lecture and prayer of the day was rendered by Hustaz Shefiu Akewugbade. And that was followed with a similar exercise by Sheikh Awikonko, and by the time the Sheikh would be done with his own short lecture, Alfa Anasri had arrived and he took over the anchoring of the event from his proteges. His first duty was to raise funds for a proposed big Mosque to be built by Ile Nla members and that exercise was carried out with his trademark finesse of language and act.
It was while he was doing that that King Saheed Osupa arrived amidst the usual frenzy of excitement from the audience and the Fuji music sensation made sure he went round to acknowledge the cheers he was getting before he took his seat on the high table. And as if on cue, the main lecturer of the day, Sheikh Buhari Musa stepped in few munutes after the king of music's arrival.
Without further ado, Sheikh Buhari Musa was called upon to deliver his lecture titled "Atubotan" which he did total justice to amidst his trademark jocular approach which got the gathering drenched in his important messages softly. And to round off the lecture, he invited Saheed Osupa to relate with the audience who was already inching to hear his voice. The ever prepared artiste deliver an acapella tune which was like a lecture in itself before he dropped the microphone to the applause of the audience.
Before they started to leave at about 6. 30 pm, most of the attendees were handed edibles packaged in lylon bags to break their fasting of which time to break must have clocked before they would reach home.
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