Sultan Dasukis Demise Creates A VacuumTinubu

Leader of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has described thedeath of former Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Ibrahim Dasuki, has discomforting.Late Sultan Dasuki diedon Monday night, November 14, 2016 at a private hospital in Abuja and his remains were buried on Tuesday in Sokoto.Tinubu in a statement signed by his media aide, Tunde Rahman said the late Sultan of Sokoto was not just a foremost traditional ruler, but was also a prominent Islamic leader.He noted that with his demise, the nation has lost a national icon, highly-referred royal father and religious leader.Sultan Dasuki was a friend of the late Islamic Scholar Abubakar Gumi and he contributed a lot to the birth of Islamic movement, Jamaatu Nasril Islam (JNL).He said the late Dasuki, the 18thSultan of Sokoto, was also a seasoned technocrat, administrator, diplomat and business titan.Alhaji Dasuki joined the Northern regional civil service in 1953, heeding the call of the late Sardauna of Sokoto, Alhaji Ahmadu Bello, for Northerners to join the service. He was later to serve Ahmadu Bello a year later as Private Secretary, during which time he understudied the late sage. He was a close associate of the late Sardauna of Sokoto and imbibed his ideals.In business, the late Sultan recorded many milestones and served as a beacon for many later-day businessmen in the country, particularly in the North. From around 1965 until he was crowned Sultan, he left the civil service and concentrated fully on business. He was Chairman of Northern Nigeria Produce Marketing Board, an organisation involved with marketing the export of groundnut and distribution of seeds and chemicals. He later became Director and later Chairman of the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC).He commiserated with his family, the Sultan of Sokoto, His Eminence Alhaji Saas Abubakar, the Sultanate Council, the Islamic Ummah and the entire people of Sokoto State praying that Almighty Allah grant him Alijanna Fridaus.
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