Sultan turbans Dan’iya, Mansur, Oloyede, 11 others to mark 20-year anniversary

Sokoto, the Seat of the Caliphate, was agog Sunday because the Sultan, His Eminence, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’advert Abubakar III, turbaned 13 eminent personalities with prestigious conventional titles.

The turbaning was a part of actions marking the twentieth anniversary of his ascension to the throne of his forebears.

The epochal ceremony, held on the Sultanate Palace, Sokoto, attracted dignitaries from all walks of life, together with conventional rulers, high authorities functionaries, members of the National Assembly, Islamic students, captains of business and hundreds of well-wishers.

The foremost investiture was carried out between 11:00 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. on the Sultanate Council and was adopted by a vibrant conventional Durbar and conventional shaving ceremony that added glamour and pageantry to the celebration.

Those turbaned embody, Alhaji Murtala Abdulkadir Dan Iya, as Dallatun Sokoto, Professor Sheik Ibrahim Mansur as Danmasanin Sokoto, Hon. Ibrahim Almustapha , member representing Rabah / Wurno federal constituency as Bauran Sokoto

Others embody the previous registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, as Kuliyan Sokoto; former director-general of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), Dr. Peter Igho, as Kakakin Sokoto and Gandi Umar, Esq. as Sarki’n Galmar Sarki’n Musulmi, Alhaji Abdulkadir Jeli Abubakar, as Sarki’n Fuloti Sokoto and Abubakar Saddique Abubakar as Sarki’n Dawakin Tsakar Gida Sokoto.

The relaxation are Shehu Usman Abubakar as Fagacin Sokoto, Hon. Bello Idris as Wakilin Tarihin Daular Usmaniyya, Aminu Isa Buhari as Danmalikin Sokoto, Dr. Balarabe Kakale Shehu Shuni as Wakilin Makarantar Daular Usmaniyya and Abubakar Hussaini Bazza as Sarki’n Bai Sokoto.

Activities marking the anniversary had commenced on Friday, October 30, with particular preaching periods on the Abu Huraira Mosque, Polo Club space, Sokoto, the place 11 distinguished Islamic students, together with Sheikh Dr. Aminu Ibrahim Daurawa and Prof. Abdullahi Usman Gadon Kaya, delivered sermons on peace, unity and improvement.

In the spirit of the celebration, the organising committees for the titles of Dallatun Sokoto and Danmasanin Sokoto carried out humanitarian gestures, together with the releasing of 56 inmates from correctional amenities and the availability of assist to 500 sufferers throughout hospitals in Sokoto state.