President Bola Tinubu and other top politicians cutting across major political parties, including governors, senators, ministers, business tycoons, and traditional and religious leaders, were in attendance at the wedding Fatiha of children to the Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Barau Jibrin.
Henzodaily reports that the ceremony, which took place on Friday at the National Mosque in Abuja after the Juma’at prayers, celebrated the union of Senator Barau’s son, Jibrin Barau Jibrin (Abba), with Maryam Nasir Ado Bayero, daughter of the Emir of Bichi, and his daughter Aisha Barau Jibrin with Engineer Abubakar, son of Dr. Abdulmunaf Yunusa Sarina, President of Azman Group of Companies.
While Tinubu served as both Wakil and Waliy to the two children of the Deputy President of the Senate through the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Ganduje served as Waliy to the daughter of Bayero, former Governor of Nasarawa State, Senator Tanko Almakura, served as Wakil of Abubakar, the son of Dr Abdulmunaf Sarina.
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Tajuddeen Abbas, national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Umar Ganduje and nephew of the former president Muhammadu Buhari, Mamman Daura, were among the dignitaries who attended the wedding.
Governors in attendance included the Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) and Governor of Kwara State, Abdulrahman AbdulRazaq; Enugu State Governor, Peter Mbah; Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal, Katsina State Governor, Dikko Umar Radda,
Kogi State Governor Ahmed Usman Ododo and Yobe State Governor Mai Mala Buni, among others.
Many Senators, including; former President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, Ali Ndume, Sani Musa, Ibrahim Mohammed Bomai, Aminu Iya Abbas, Buhari Abdulfatai, Mohammed Tahir Monguno, Ikira Aliyu Bilbis, Mohammed Ogoshi Onawo, Salihu Mustapha, Shehu Buba, Abdul Ningi, Abdullahi Yahaya, Ahmed Lawan, Sahabi Ya’u, Kamorudeen Adekunle Adedibu, Danjuma Goje, Lawal Usman, Kawu Sumaila, attended the wedding.
Members of the ECOWAS Parliament, including the Fourth Deputy Speaker, Billay G Tunkara, were also in attendance.
Secretary Government of the Federation(SGF), Senator George Akume, the Chief of Staff, a former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt Hon Femi Gbajabiamila, National Security Adviser, Malam Nuhu Ribadu, Special Assistant to the President (Political Affairs), Alhaji Ibrahim Kabir Masari, were in attendance.
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