Amid the national grief over the death of the Chief of Army Staff, Ibrahim Attahiru, in a plane crash, a roll call of crème de la crème in Nigeria’s political arena on Saturday attended the wedding ceremony of a son of the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, in Kano State.
Also at the wedding were ministers and federal lawmakers, according to a statement by the media aide of Kano State Governor Abdullahi Ganduje, JomogNews Nigeria.
Rahman Malami who is one of the sons of the Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, got married to his fiancee, Aisha Humairah Ibrahim Umar, in Kano today May 22.
The wedding fatiha took place at the Al-Furqan mosque, Alu Avenue, Kano. Sokoto state governor, Aminu Tambuwal presented N250,000 cash as dowry for the bride, Aisha.
Presiding over the solemnization, Dr Bashir Umar, the Imam of Al-Furqan mosque, prayed for the couple wishing them conjugal bliss just as he also prayed for peace and harmony in the country.
Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege along with some Senators, Governors of Gombe, Kebbi and Zamfara were among high profile politicians at the wedding. Also in attendance were the Minister of Police Affairs, Muhammad Maigari Dingyadi, the Executive Secretary of the Nigeria Police Trust Fund (NPTF), Alhaji Ahmad Aliyu, Sen. Magnus Ngei Abbe, Sen. Ali Modu Sheriff, former governor of Borno state and many others.
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