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Ahmadu Ibrahim Bello ( Hausa pronunciation ⓘ ), famously known as Sardauna of Sokoto GCON KBE (12 June 1910 – 15 January 1966), knighted as SirAhmadu Bello, was a conservative Nigerian statesman who was one of the leading northern politicians in 1960 and served as its first and only premier from 1954 until his assassination in ...
May 22, 2009 · Alhaji (Sir) Ahmadu Bello was the Sardauna of Sokoto and leader of Nigeria ’s northern region during the last years of British rule and early independence . He was brutally murdered at his home during a 1966 coup d’état, one in a series of events characterizing Nigeria’s political instability.
Apr 14, 2022 · Sir Ahmadu Bello, popularly known as the Sardauna of Sokoto is arguably one if not the most politically powerful man to have walked the northern Hemisphere of Nigeria.
Al-Haji Sir Ahmadu Bello (June 12, 1910 - January 15, 1966) was a Nigerian politician, and was the first premier of the Northern Nigeria region from 1954-1966.
The assassination of Sir Ahmadu Bello, the sardauna of Sokoto, in a military coup (1966) led by Igbo (Ibo) tribesmen provoked massacres of Igbos in the north and was a factor leading to the Nigerian civil war (1967–70).
The Nigerian political leader Alhaji Sir Ahmadu Bello (1909-1966) was the leading Northern spokesman during Nigeria's drive to gain independence from the British.
Ahmadu Bello was a product of a great tradition founded on Islamic scholarship, piety, communal solidarity, and charitable leadership. The Sokoto Caliphate was established in the early nineteenth century through a jihad led by dan Fodio, a Fulani Islamic scholar.
