Late Dasuki's ex-SSA mourns

www.odogwublog.com reports that former Senior Special Assistant to Ibrahim Dasuki, the late Sultan of Sokoto on Islamic Matters in Eastern Nigeria before his enthronement as the Sultan, Alhaji Dauda Ajagu, has described him as a very good Moslem and philanthropist to the core.

He said Dasuki was not only a very good Moslem, but a philanthropist to the core.

Reacting to Dasuki's death, Ajagu who is the incumbent Vice-President of Nigerian Supreme Council of Islamic Affairs, NSCIA, declared: "He has helped many Christians, pagans irrespective of ones religion".

Reading Dasuki's antecedent, Ajagu further declared: "The late Sultan attended Dogondaji Elementary School and Sokoto Middle School.  He finished his secondary education at Barewa College.  After finishing high school, he worked as a clerk in the treasury department 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, adding,
HRM Ibrahim Dasuki, the former Sultan of Sokoto will be sadly missed by all and sundry".