A pre-wedding dinner was held on Thursday night in honour of President Buhari’s son, Yusuf and his bride-to-be Princess Zahra, the 20-year-old daughter of Emir of Bichi, Kano, Nasir Ado Bayero.
The couple is set to tie the knot today, Friday, August 20 in Kano. The wedding fatiha will be held at Bichi Central Masjid, followed by a reception at the Emir’s Palace in Bichi.
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday morning departed Abuja the Federal Capital city for his son’s wedding in Kano however the President first made a pit stop in Yola Adamawa State to commiserate with the government and people of Adamawa State as well as the family of the late Alhaji Ahmed Joda.
Confirming the President’s departure, Bashir Ahmad in a Facebook post wrote:
“President Muhammadu Buhari departs Abuja for Yola to condole with people and government of Adamawa State over the death of Alhaji Ahmed Joda OFR, CON, CFR (13 February 1930 – 13 August 2021).”
Joda was a retired Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Industries, and rose to become one of the super Permanent Secretaries under the military government of Gen Yakubu Gowon (retd.) in the 1970s, he died on Friday, 13th August 2021 at the age of 90 while the President was in London.
He served as chairman and board member of various companies including; the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Nigerian Communications Commission, Pastoral Resolve, Chagoury Group, and the Flour Mills of Nigeria.
He was also a member of the 1988 Constituent Assembly which planned the constitutional transition of the Third Nigerian Republic.
President Buhari’s son, Yusuf Buhari will today Friday marry his lover the daughter of the Emir of Bichi, Alhaji Nasir Ado Bayero, Zahra.
Dignitaries from within and outside the country have already started arriving in Kano to grace the presidential and royal wedding.
