Former emir of Kano Lamido Sanusi has been appointed the caliph (leader) of the Dhariqa Tijjianiyya Muslim sect in Nigeria.
The position was previously held by Sanusi’s grandfather, the late emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi I, and later held by the late Sheikh Khalifa Rabiu.
The sect has not a leader since the death of Sheikh Rabiu in 2018.
Sheikh Makki Nyass, grandson of Shehu Ibrahim Nyass, performed the rites in installing Sanusi as leader of the sect during the group’s annual festival in Sokoto to celebrate the birthday (Maolud) of the Senegalese reformer, late Shiekh Nyass.
While reminding Muslim Ummah to always dedicate their lives to the service of Allah in honesty, Sheikh Dahiru Abubakar said, “The essence of the celebration is to further cement the existing mutual relationship of the adherents of Sheikh Ahmadu Tijjiani all over the world, to help immortalise and commemorate the legacies, and teachings of the Sheikh and to pray for peaceful coexistence of the entire world.”
Dignitaries from within Nigeria and prominent Islamic clerics from Morocco, Algeria, Mauritania, United States of America, Mali, Egypt, Senegal, Sudan, Ghana, Cameroon, Niger Republic and other European countries also graced the event.
