Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa'ad
Abubakar III said the current recession in the
country and other parts of the world is
ordained by God.
The monarch stated this Wednesday,
November 2nd, as activities for the
commemoration of his 10th coronation
anniversary commenced with the distribution
of items to widows, orphans and other
indigents in the state. at a ceremony
organised by the state Zakkat and Endowment
Committee.
"The only solution to this is for us to show
piety and repent. It is ordained by God" he
said.
The Sultan also admonished Muslims and
Christians to live their lives according to the
dictates of their Holy Scriptures. He also
appeal for more proactive measures to prevent
the rising cases of kidnapping in the country.
Born in August 24, 1956, in Sokoto), Alhaji
Abubakar is the 20th Sultan of Sokoto, the
titular ruler of Sokoto.
He is the head of
Jama’atu Nasril Islam (Society for the Support
of Islam – JNI), and president-general of the
Nigerian National Supreme Council for Islamic
Affairs (NSCIA).
He succeeded his brother,
Muhammadu Maccido, who died on October
29,2006, on ADC Airlines Flight 53. The flight
crashed shortly after takeoff from Nnamdi
Azikiwe International Airport and had been
destined for Sokoto. Abubakar is a younger
son of the seventeenth Sultan, Siddiq Abu
Bakar dan Usuman, who held the Sultanate for
over fifty years.
He attended the prestigious Barewa College,
Zaria , and proceeded to the Nigerian Defence
Academy in 1975 where he was a member of
the 18th Regular Course. Abubakar was
commissioned a Second Lieutenant in 1977
and served in the elite Armoured Corps.
He headed a presidential security unit of the
Armoured Corps that guarded then military
ruler, General Ibrahim Babangida, in the late
1980s. Abubakar also commanded a battalion
of African peacekeepers in Chad during the
early 1980s as part of the Organisation of
African Unity’s force and was military liaison
officer for the Economic Community of West
African States (ECOWAS), in the mid 1990s.
He was appointed commanding officer 241
Recce Battalion, Kaduna, in 1993. From 1995
to 1999, Abubakar was ECOWAS military
liaison officer and commanding officer, 231
Tank Battalion (ECOMOG Operations) in Sierra
Leone from 1999 to 2000. Between 2003 and
2006, he served as defence attaché to
Pakistan (also accredited for Iraq, Saudi
Arabia, and Afghanistan). Upon his elder
brother, Sultan Maccido’s death, he was
recalled to take office as the 20th Sultan of
Sokoto and retired as a Brigadier General.
The Sokoto State Government will also hold
an International Symposium on the legendary
Sokoto Caliphate as part of activities marking
the 10th anniversary of the Sultan of Sokoto,
Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III on the throne.
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