Maccido, Muhammadu

Maccido, Muhammadu
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Alhaji Muhammadu Maccido Abubakar 
      19th sultan of Sokoto (b. April 20, 1926, Sokoto, Nigeria—d. Oct. 29, 2006, near Abuja, Nigeria), as head of the Sokoto caliphate, was regarded as the spiritual leader of Nigeria's about 70 million Muslims. Maccido was known as a peacemaker and played a crucial role in quelling interfaith conflicts in northern Nigeria. Before becoming sultan, he held various local and state government posts and served as a presidential liaison officer during the Second Republic (1979–83). He was expected to succeed his father as sultan on the latter's death in 1988, but the government intervened to appoint his cousin, who in turn was deposed in favour of Maccido in 1996. Maccido was killed, along with more than 90 other people, in a commercial airline crash.

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