The wife of the President, Mrs Aisha
Buhari, has expressed profound gratitude to friends and well wishers who joined
her in prayer during and after the wedding of her daughter, Zahra Muhammadu
Buhari. Mrs Buhari, who expressed the appreciation on her facebook page on
Tuesday, prayed that God would assist mothers in Nigeria to witness successful
wedding of their daughter.
” On behalf of my family, I express
my profound gratitude to friends and well wishers who joined me to celebrate
the wedding of my daughter, Zahra. ” It is my prayer that God will make it possible
for us to all witness same with our children, thank you and God bless us all,”
Mrs Buhari said. President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday gave out Zahra in
marriage to Ahmed Indimi, a businesman from Borno. The wedding Fatiha took
place after the Deputy Chief Imam of the National Mosque, Abuja, Sheikh Ibrahim
Makari, led other Muslims Ummah to a two Raka’at Jumma’at Prayer.
A
representative of the Indimi family, whose name was not disclosed, paid 12 gold
coins which was converted and valued at N250,000, for the dowry. The Sarkin
Fulanin Daura, Alhaji Yusuf Sani, gave out Zahra on behalf of the Buhari
family. Buhari, who arrived National Mosque at about 2:00pm was accompanied by
the President of Guinea Conakry, Alpha Conde and other aides of the president. The
bride (Zahra) is the seventh child of President Buhari.
She runs an NGO called
ACE Charity Foundation, which primarily offers free medical care for people
with sickle cell anemia. The groom (Ahmed Indimi) expressed his happiness and
thanked friends and well wishers who took time to celebrate with them.
Dignitaries who attended the wedding included former Vice Presidents Atiku
Abubakar and Namadi Sambo, Senate President, Bukola Saraki and Chief Bisi
Akande. The dignitaries also included Gov. Rauf Aregbesola of Osun, Gov.Nasir
El-rufai of Kaduna State, Gov. Umaru Almakura of Nasarawa, Gov.Yahaya Bello and
Gov.Aminu Masari of Kogi and Sokoto states respectively among others. The event
also witnessed the presence of business mogul, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, former
EFCC boss, Nuhu Ribadu, Sen. Ali-Modu Sheriff and APC National leader, Bola Tinubu.
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Congratulations, Grandma to be
ReplyDeleteBeautiful guy marries a beautiful daughter of a beautiful president that is leading a beautiful administration. Congrats to couples of the year.
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