Former Sultan of Sokoto, Ibrahim Dasuki is dead

Former Sultan of Sokoto, Ibrahim Dasuki is dead

A former Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Ibrahim Dasuki, has died at the age of 93.

Dasuki, who was the 18th Sultan died after a protracted illness, a statement by the Secretary, Sultanate Council of Sokoto, Alhaji Umar Faruk, said on Monday.The statement said Dasuki’s remains would be buried at the Hubbaren Shehu, Sokoto, after the afternoon prayer (Zuhr) on Tuesday.

It added that the funeral prayer of the late Dasuki would be conducted at the Sultan Bello Juma’at Mosque in Sokoto. Dasuki, who was the Sultan of Sokoto between November 6, 1988 and April 20, 1996, was deposed in 1996 during the military government of late Gen. Sani Abacha.

Prior to becoming the Sultan, he held the traditional title of Baraden Sokoto. Dasuki was the first Sultan from the Buhari line of the House of Dan Fodio.

He was influential in the founding of Jama’atu Nasril Islam and had held many positions in government The late Dasuki was born on December 31, 1923.

( NAN)