By Isiyaka Ismail Wunti
Dignitaries including Vice President Kashim Shettima, Bauchi State Governor Bala Mohammed, Niger State Governor Umaru Bago, ministers, lawmakers, traditional rulers and clergymen have attended the funeral prayer of renowned Islamic scholar Sheikh Dahiru Usman Bauchi.
Kashim Shettima led the Federal Government delegation to the funeral following President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s directive.
The funeral prayer led by a Maiduguri Based Islamic Scholar Sheikh Sharif Ibrahim Saleh at the Bauchi Eid Ground at exactly 4:36 PM drew thousands of mourners from within and outside the country who came to pay their final respects.
Crowds began trooping into the state capital early in the morning, reflecting the wide influence and spiritual stature of the late scholar among followers of Tijjaniyya and the general Muslim community.
The Centenarian died in the early hours of Thursday at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital, prompting the outpouring of condolences nationwide.
He is survived by sixty children, numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren, with followers describing his passing as a monumental loss to Nigeria’s religious landscape and the global Muslim community.
The body of the leader of Tijjaniya was committed to Mother earth in his residence at Makera.
