The Muslim mob ransacked and burned down houses. Insulting the Quran or Islamic beliefs is punishable by death under the country’s blasphemy laws.
Mr Idris urged the contractors to ensure quality jobs that would stand the test of time.
“Our Islamic organisations should do more to affect humanity.’’
“Thank you very much and God bless you all as we stay off drugs in our society.”
The Kaduna governor vowed to any length within the law to bring the Ikara bandits to book and restore peace to every part of the state.
Two men participated in a demonstration in the Swedish capital where the Quran was burnt on the first day of Muslims’ Eid al-Adha holiday.
The assassinated deputy governor was being laid to rest at the mosque when an explosion went off, killing 11 people and injuring over 30 people in the mosque.
The 20-year-old man is accused of stealing a speaker and cable from the Usman Ibn-Affan mosque worth N70,000.
The cleric said this was not a time for religious leaders to ask their members to fund projects, but to support them to cushion the effects of the subsidy removal.
Though his motive was initially unclear, the same suspect was said to have set fire to a copy of the Holy Qur’an in a mosque in April.
