The late 18th Sultan of Sokoto who died on Monday night in
Abuja, was laid to rest at the Hubbaren Shehu in Sokoto on
Tuesday.
The News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) reports that, the funeral
prayer was led by the Chief Imam of the Sultan Bello Jumaat
Mosque, Alhaji Usman Bello.
The federal government’s delegation to the funeral prayer was led
by the Chief of Staff to the President, Alhaji Abba Kyari.
Other members of the delegation included the Ministers of Interior,
Defence, FCT and Justice,among others.
Also in attendance were the governors of Kano, Kebbi and Sokoto
Deputy Governor, Alhaji Ahmed Aliyu.
The prayer was also attended by the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji
Sa’ad Abubakar III, Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi II
and other traditional rulers.
The News Agency of Nigeria( NAN)reports that, the late 18th
Sultan died at the age of 93 after a protracted illness.
Late Dasuki, who was appointed as Sultan in 1988, was the first
Sultan from the Buhari line of the House of Dan Fodio, the
founding father of the Sokoto Caliphate.
He was deposed in 1996 during the military government of Sani
Abacha and sent on exile to Jalingo but later moed to Kaduna
where he had been living until his death.
The late Dasuki was a former Divisional Officer in the First
Republic, Executive secretary of the Northern State Marketing
Board and a Permanent Secretary.
He was also a founding member and long time Secretary General
of Jama’atu Nasril Islam the umbrella body of Muslims in Nigeria.
(NAN)
