HIGH SOCIETY THRONGS KANO TO HONOUR BUA BOSS, ABDULSAMAD RABIU’S, FATHER IN DEATH
Again, bliss sputters to untimely death in the household of the Rabius. Like a worn engine sputtering to sudden death, paternal bliss has disappeared from the abode of the Chairman of BUA Group. The bliss and luxury of having a father and basking in his goodwill and warmth has finally deserted the doorsteps of Samad and his siblings. The renowned Kano businessman, philanthropist, leader of Islam’s Tijjaniyya movement in Nigeria and patriarch of the famed Isyaku Rabiu Family, Khalifa Sheikh Isyaku Rabiu, who died at 93, was buried in Kano last Friday amid an outpour of emotions and tributes. Prior to the burial ceremony, Kano airport became a beehive of activities. It was indeed top- notch event and no doubt, the late businessman would turn in his grave for what his children did to honour him. From traditional rulers, captains of industry and top government functionaries to Kano indigenes, family friends, relatives and associates of Samad, the funeral attracted a large turnout of guests from far and near.
Rabiu was survived by his wives, 42 children amongst whom are his first son, Nafiu; Abdulsamad; and Chairman of IRS Airlines, Rabiu. He is also survived by hundreds of grandchildren and greatgrandchildren.
Born in 1925 to the family of prominent Islamic scholar, Muhammadu Rabiu Dan Tinki, a Quranic preacher from the Bichi area of Kano State who led his own Quranic School, Rabiu grew up memorizing the Quran and learning Arabic from where he moved to Maiduguri in 1942 to further his Islamic studies. In 1946, he returned to Kano to establish himself as an