Brief History of the New Aiyepe Central Mosque
As the Muslim population grew, there arose the need for a more admirable and befitting central mosque for the town and this brought the idea of reconstructing the first central mosque at Aba-Aiyepe Ijebu.
This was during the tenure of the fourth Chief Imam of the town, Alhaji Junaid Olayiwola Badejo. The desired to have a central mosque with multi-purpose activities led to the siting of the new central mosque to the present location at Odogbolu Road, AiyepeIjebu. It was also agreed that the first Aiyepe Central Mosque will be converted to a citadel of learning Arabic and Islamic studies in future.
The New Ultra Modern Central Mosque was built between 1987 and 1992 and has been in use since then.
During the official commissioning of the New Aiyepe Central Mosque on 27th April, 2014, His Eminence, Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar (GCFR), the Sultan of Sokoto adjudged the mosque as one of the biggest in the country.
TECHNICAL DETAILS:
The mosque is situated on an expanse of land about 30,000 square metres. The Mosque building occupied an area of about 5,600 square metres. The whole mosque is on a suspended (r.c) floor slab and beams supported by reinforced concrete columns on isolated reinforced concrete pad footings.
The roof is reinforced concrete slab with 2 nos. semicircular Domes each 8.25 metres radius. There are 4 nos isolated reinforced concrete Minarets at the four extreme corners of the mosque with each 30 metres high on reinforced concrete pad footings. The super structure Mosque was decorated with combination of Mosaic, Granite and Marble Tiles.
The architectural design of treasure Mosque took advantage of sloppy land topography to suspend the 3,700 square metres main praying hall including the surrounding passages over a basement.
The mosque has played host to several Islamic organizations for conferences, seminars, meetings, and children’s camps. These organizations include:
- Muslim Students’ Society of Nigeria
- Alfathu-l Quareeb Muslim Organisation of Nigeria
- The Muslim Congress
- The Archiver Ambassadors
- Al-Mu’minaat and a host of others
Interestingly, the mosque has evolved into a notable tourist attraction, welcoming visitors daily from across Nigeria and beyond.
The community maintain various accounts with the following banks:
- First Bank Plc.
- Polaris Bank Nigeria Plc.
FEATURES OF THE NEW AIYEPE CENTRAL MOSQUE
- The mosque capacity accommodates well over 5,000 worshippers at a time.
- The prayer area is fully air-conditioned and equipped with CCTV cameras.
- Parking facility that can accommodate over 1,000 cars at a time.
- Wide courtyard, grid locked and fenced.
- An underground Basement Multipurpose Hall to cater for events and large enough to accommodate 2,000 guests.
- Male and Female ablution centre that can take 46 and 36 persons respectively at a time
- Toilets and Bathroom facilities for both sexes.
- Two Generators, one of which is 100KVA that is soundproof and can power the entire Mosque.
- An administrative office.
- An office for the chief Imam
CONTACT ADDRESS:
Aiyepe Central Mosque, Odogbolu Road, Aiyepe Ijebu, Ogun State, Nigeria
CONTACT PHONE NUMBER:
09126070787