Dasuki dies in Abuja

The detained former National Security Adviser (NSA), Colonel Sambo Dasuki lost his father Alhaji Ibrahim Dasuki, Monday evening at a Hospital in Abuja. He will be buried today, according to Muslim rites.

Pa Dasuki, a former Sultan of Sokoto, died at the age of 93.

The late Sultan Dasuki,  father of ex-National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki, was deposed in 1996 by the late Head of State, General Sani Abacha, after he was installed by Military President, General Ibrahim Babangida, in 1988.  He was on the throne for eight years before his deposition and banishment to Zing, in Taraba State.

Dasuki was the first Sultan from the Buhari line of the House of Dan Fodio. He was a close associate of Ahmadu Bello and held the traditional title of Baraden Sokoto before becoming Sultan.