Former president Muhammadu Buhari, was among the prominent Nigerians who gathered in Maiduguri on Saturday for the wedding of Mohammed Zulum, the oldest son of Borno State Governor Professor Babagana Zulum.
The wedding Fatiha was held at the Maiduguri Central Mosque, around the palace of Abubakar Ibn Umar Garbai Al-Amin Elkanemi, the Shehu of Borno.
The wedding was also attended by Vice President Kashim Shettima, governors of Kwara, Gombe, Yobe, Ogun, Niger, Bauchi, Abia, Lagos and Katsina states.
Also in attendance were, the National Security Adviser, Malam Nuhu Ribadu, as well as the former Governors of Borno, Maina Ma’aji Lawan and Ali Modu Sheriff. Other former governors in attendance were those of Kano, Jigawa, Kebbi, Kaduna and Zamfara States, Malam Ibrahim Shekarau, Mohammed Badaru Abubakar, Atiku Bagudu, Nasir El-Rufai and Bello Matawalle.
The event also had the presence of former Senate President, Ahmed Lawan, immediate past IGP, Usman Baba Alkali, GCEO of NNPCL, Mele Kyari Kolo and Africa’s richest man, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, as well as billionaire businessman, Alhaji Muhammadu Indimi, amongst other dignitaries.
Performing religious rites, former President Buhari asked for the bride’s hand (Ummi Kaltum) on behalf of Zulum’s son and thereafter handed the dowry to a representative of the bride.
The wedding Fatiha was officiated by the Chief Imam of Borno, Imam Zanna Laisu.
