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President Bola Tinubu connected Friday attended the wedding Fatiha of Nasirudeen, lad of the erstwhile Zamfara Governor, Sen. Abdul’Aziz Yari, held astatine the Sultan Bello Mosque, Kaduna.
The wedding attracted apical governmental leaders, accepted rulers, spiritual figures and captains of manufacture from crossed the country.
Ahead of the ceremony, information was tightened successful Kaduna, with surveillance heightened and Hotels afloat booked by guests.
On the wedding day, dense information beingness was noticed astir the Mosque, with restrictions placed connected vehicular movement.
The president, who was received astatine the Kaduna International Airport by Gov. Uba Sani, was cheered into the metropolis by enactment loyalists and residents who lined the streets waving banners and chanting solidarity songs.
After the ceremony, Tinubu proceeded to the residence of precocious President Muhammadu Buhari to condole with his family.
He described Buhari arsenic a selfless person whose contributions to Nigeria’s unity and advancement stay indelible, assuring the household of his continued support.
Dignitaries astatine the juncture included Gov. Nasir Idris of Kebbi, Gov. Umar Bago of Niger, Gov. Dikko Radda of Katsina and Gov. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara, arsenic good arsenic the Minister of State, Defence, Dr Bello Matawalle.
Others were erstwhile Governors Sule Lamido of Jigawa, Aliyu Wamakko of Sokoto, Adamu Aliero of Kebbi, Ahmad Sani Yarima of Zamfara, Abdulfatai Ahmed of Kwara and Aminu Bello Masari of Katsina.
Also successful attendance were erstwhile Chief of Army Staff, retired Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, erstwhile Minister of Communications, Isa Ali Pantami, APC National Chairman, Dr Nentawe Yilwatda, APC National Secretary, Ajibola Basiru, and the National Security Adviser, Malam Nuhu Ribadu.
Traditional rulers astatine the lawsuit included the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, Ojaja II; the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Abimbola Owoade, and the Emir of Zazzau, Amb. Ahmad Bamali.
Renowned clerics who prayed for the mates and the state included Sheikh Kabiru Gombe, Sheikh Bala Lau and the Kaduna State CAN Chairman, Rev. John Hayab.
The groom, Nasirudeen, joined Safiyya Shehu Idris, girl of Alhaji Shehu Tahir-Malumfashi.
Residents described the wedding arsenic 1 of the biggest societal and governmental gatherings successful caller times, arsenic the metropolis witnessed dense vehicular and quality postulation successful spite of the restrictions.
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