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July 18, 2019
Muslim cleric Abubakar Abdullahi who risked his own life to save some Christians in Jos has been honoured with US International Religious Freedom Award.
The 83-year-old Imam hid over 200 Christians inside fromsuspected bandits in Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau State, duringJune 2018 clashes.
He hid the Christian his mosque and home.
Abdullahi according to the US Department of State website isbeing honoured after he, “selflessly risked his own life to save members ofanother religious community, who would have likely been killed without hisintervention.”
Although Abdullahi could not make it to the main ceremony tohonour him at the United State, the Ambassador at Large for InternationalReligious Freedom Sam Brownback during the ceremony read his out his profile.
He was honoured alongside other recipients of the award from Cyprus, Sudan, Brazil, and Iraq.