A great leader, former Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Ibrahim Dasuki, is dead. He died on Monday and
will be buried today, according to Muslim rites.
The late Sultan Dasuki, father of ex-National Security
Adviser, Sambo Dasuki, was deposed in 1996 by the late Head of State, General
Sani Abacha, after he was installed by Military President, General Ibrahim
Babangida, in 1988. He ruled for eight years before his deposition and
banishment to Zing, in Taraba State.
Dasuki was the first Sultan from the Buhari line of the House of Dan Fodio.
He was a close associate of Ahmadu Bello and held the traditional title of
Baraden Sokoto before becoming Sultan. The late Sultan attended Dogondaji
Elementary School before proceeding to Sokoto Middle School in 1935. He
finished his secondary education at Barewa College on sponsorship from Sokoto
Native Authority. After finishing high school in 1943, he worked as a clerk in
the treasury office of the Sokoto Native Authority. In 1945, he took up
appointment with Gaskiya Corporation, a publishing house that published the
Hausa daily, Gaskiya Ta Fi Kwabo. He joined the civil service as an executive
officer and later became private secretary to Ahmadu Bello. In 1957, he filled
the position of regional executive council deputy secretary and was sent to
Jeddah as Nigeria’s pilgrimage officer. Between 1960 and 1961, Dasuki worked in
the Nigerian embassy in Khartoum, Sudan and was later brought back to Nigeria
by Ahmadu Bello to work in Jos, following which he became the permanent
secretary in the regional Ministry of Local Government.
May his soul rest in peace.
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