The royal father, from the Dutse emirate council in Jigawa state says the mother of the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP),
The royal father, from the Dutse emirate council in Jigawa state says the mother of the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar is from the state. The blue blood who did not want to be named, because of the politicization of the issue of Atiku’s origin, said Atiku’s mother was the daughter of late Abdullahi from Jigawar Sarki in Jigawa.
Recall that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) had alleged that Atiku is not a citizen of Nigeria, and therefore not qualified to contest the presidential election. While countering a petition filed by Atiku to challenge the victory of President Muhammadu Buhari in the February 23 election, the ruling party argued that the former vice president was born on November 25, 1946 in Jada, Adamawa state, which was then in Northern Cameroon.
But the monarch dismissed the point raised by the APC.
“As a royal father in Jigawa, I don’t want my name to be mentioned because they have politicised the whole issue. However, I can confirm that the late Mrs Kande was from Dutse and her uncle, Adamu Ma’aruf, was the chief imam of Dutse Central Mosque until he died five years after the creation of the state in 1991,” he said.
Isyaku Adamu, a centenarian, also corroborated what the royal father said. He said Atiku’s mother who was known as “Kande Yar-Malam” married Garba, Atiku’s father, who came from Sokoto.
“He settled at our house, popularly called ‘Gidan Malamai’ (Scholars’ House). There, he met and married Kande and took her to present day Adamawa State where Mr Abubakar was born,” he said.
“Abubakar’s mother, Kande, was junior to Alhaji Ali and Azumi; they are all late now. Kande was our daughter and Abubakar is our grandson. We are all Fulani by tribe; our forefathers are scholars here in Dutse, that’s why our home is called Gidan Malamai.”
