Former governor of Kano State, Malam Ibrahim Shekarau, will today take his former aide Dr. Gaji Fatima Dantata as his fourth wife. Gaji was commissioner for women affairs during Shekarau’s first term as governor.
Dr. Gaji was a lecturer at the faculty of Education, Bayero University, Kano when Shekarau invited her to serve in his cabinet as women affairs commissioner in 2003.
The wedding fatiha will take place at the residence of Kano business tycoon, Alhaji Aminu Alhassan Dantata, at Koki quarters in Kano city shortly after today’s Juma’at prayers. The bride is Aminu Dantata’s niece having been daughter of Dantata’s elder sister Hajiya Bara Alhassan Dantata.
There have been speculations for the marriage all over the state even right from the time she was commissioner. Many in Kano saw her resignation as commissioner then as a way to prepare ground for the wedding and the speculations have now come to pass as all is set for the event.
Shekarau’s media aide Sule Ya’u Sule confirmed the marriage, saying the wedding is going to be a low-key affair. He said Kano business tycoon Alhaji Aminu Dantata will preside over the marriage as a father to the groom and the bride. Shekarau is seen in Kano as Dantata’s godson having worked with him after his retirement from the civil service.
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