11 Facts About Sa'adu Abubakar

Muhammadu Sa'ad Abubakar was born on 24 August 1956 and is the 20th Sultan of Sokoto.

Sa'adu Abubakar is the heir to the two-century-old throne founded by his ancestor, Sheikh Usman Dan Fodio, leader of the Maliki school of Islam and the Qadiri branch of Sufism.

Sa'adu Abubakar was born on 24 August 1956, in Sokoto.

Sa'adu Abubakar is the youngest son of the 17th Sultan, Sir Siddiq Abubakar III, who held the Sultanate for over fifty years.

Sa'adu Abubakar attended Barewa College in Zaria and proceeded to the Nigerian Defence Academy in 1975, where he was a member of the 18th Regular Course.

Sa'adu Abubakar was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in 1977 and served in the elite Armoured Corps.

Sa'adu Abubakar headed a presidential security unit of the Armoured Corps that guarded then military ruler, General Ibrahim Babangida in the late 1980s.

Sa'adu Abubakar commanded a battalion of African peacekeepers in Chad during the early 1980s, as part of the Organisation of African Unity's force and was military liaison officer for the Economic Community of West African States in the mid 1990s.

Sa'adu Abubakar was appointed Commanding Officer 241 Recce Battalion, Kaduna in 1993.

On 2 November 2006, Sa'adu Abubakar ascended the throne following the death of his brother, Muhammadu Maccido, who died on ADC Airlines Flight 53.

Sa'adu Abubakar is the head of Jama'atu Nasril Islam, and president-general of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs.