Kwara 2nd Grand Kadi, Justice Ambali Is Dead

Kwara State 2nd Grand Kadi, Justice AbdulMuttalib Ahmad Ambali (retd), has reportedly died.

Reports obtained by Naija News revealed that the former Kwara State Sharia Court of Appeal jurist died on Thursday morning (today) at the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH), Oke-Oyi, after battling a brief illness.

This news platform understands that the deceased, who succeeded the late Justice Abdulkadir Orire, and pioneer Chief Registrar of Kwara State Sharia Court of Appeal as 2nd Grand Kali, died at the age of 83 years.

Burial arrangements for the deceased were yet to be made public as of reporting time.

The sad development was confirmed to Daily Trust on the telephone this morning by the Grand Kadi of Kwara State, Justice Abdullateef Kamaldeen, Naija News learnt.

Kamaldeen described the deceased as a God-fearing Muslim scholar and competent jurist who upheld the tenet of Islam in everything he did. He said: “The fact that he died during Ramadan was significant and we asked Almighty Allah to forgive him and grant him, Aljanat Firdous.”

He further described the deceased as “gentle, unassuming, religious and a man of policy and principle who doesn’t take anybody for granted.

“He was always focused. Indeed, Kwara has lost a top scholar and jurist. He was everything to me, my role model and mentor.”

Giving further explanation about the late Jurist’s health ordeal, Justice Kamaldeen said the deceased’s journey to meet Allah started on Sunday.

“This is just four days of illness. He was at a meeting last Sunday at Ansarul Islam as the Board of Trustees (BoT) chairman around 11:00 am and left around 3 pm.

“We discussed about getting visas for the Arabs in Ilorin whose stay in Nigeria is about to end and how we were going to get another one for them. Our discussion also touched on what we were going to present to them as a Ramadan gift and the proposed Kalamdeen University before he left.

“Suddenly, when he got home around 5:00 pm that Sunday, according to his wife, he was rushed to the hospital complaining of running stomach.

“From Olalomi hospital, we took him to the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH) and admitted him at the trauma centre.

“I was there four days ago and also yesterday (Wednesday) before I left around 1:30 am this morning and first went to drop his wife in GRA only to get home trying to rest when his wife called me and broke the news,” Kamaldeen added.