Fatima Yusuf, daughter of the chairman of Media Trust Group (MTG) Kabiru Yusuf, has wedded Muhammad Bala.
The groom is the son of Bilya Bala, one of the shareholders of MTG and chairman of Daily Trust Foundation, the corporate social responsibility (CSR) arm of the company.
MTG is the parent company of Daily Trust newspapers and Trust TV and Radio.
The wedding fatiha was held on Friday at Annur Mosque, Abuja. Among the attendees were former ministers, media executives, clerics, former presidential aides and well-wishers.
Fatima, a medical doctor, is her father’s first daughter while the groom is equally his father’s first son.
Senator Umar Kurfi, who served as the surety of the bridegroom, formally accepted the nuptial from Yusuf Magaji, who stood as the wali (bride’s guarantor), after collecting N100,000 as dowry from the surety of Muhammad.
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The wedding fatiha was solemnised by the secretary of the Jama’atu Nasril Islam (JNI), Professor Sheikh Khalid Aliyu.
Among the dignitaries that graced the ceremony were the immediate past governor of Bauchi State, Mohammed Abubakar; former minister of communication and digital economy, Professor Isa Pantami; and former President Muhammadu Buhari’s spokesperson, Garba Shehu.
Dignitaries were later hosted to a wedding reception after the solemnisation at the mosque.
Speaking on the occasion, Pantami prayed for peace and tranquility between the husband and wife and urged them to respect each other and live in accordance with Islamic injunctions.
He also prayed for the release of the abducted female students of the Federal University, Gusau, Zamfara State and Federal University, Dutsinma (FUDMA) in Katsina State.
He said it was devastating for the parents of the victims who were female.
Pantami said, “Any father whose daughter is held hostage is definitively in agony as it might be more painful when a daughter is held hostage by criminals than a male child. They have been abducted for over 90 days. May Allah protect their chastity, faith and lives and reunite them with their families soon.’’
