President Bola Tinubu and a host of Nigeria’s political and traditional elite yesterday graced the wedding of Aisha Dikko Umaru Radda, daughter of Katsina State Governor Dikko Umaru Radda.
The president stood as waliyi (guardian) for the bride during the ceremony which joined Aisha with Ahmed Usman from the Daura Emirate, popularly known as Inuwar Kasar Hausa.
Former Bauchi State governor, Mallam Isa Yuguda, represented the groom’s family as wakili, formally receiving the bride in accordance with Islamic tradition.
The matrimonial rites were conducted by the chief imam of Katsina Central Mosque, Imam Malam Mustapha, supported by the imam of Modoji Jumuat Mosque and former grand Khadi of Katsina, Alhaji Amadi Batagarawa. The marriage was solemnised with a dowry of N700,000.
Notable attendees included the speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Tajudeen Abbas, deputy senate president Senator Barau Jibrin and APC national chairman Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje.
State governors in attendance were Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq (Kwara/NGF Chairman), Babagana Zulum (Borno), Mohammed Inuwa Yahaya (Gombe), Dauda Lawal (Zamfara), Aliyu Sokoto (Sokoto), Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia (Benue), Mai Mala Buni (Yobe), Nasir Idris (Kebbi), Mohammed Umar Bago (Niger), Uba Sani (Kaduna), Umar Namadi (Jigawa), and Abba Kabir Yusuf (Kano).