Life History Of Sir Ahmadu Bello, The Sardauna Of Sokoto, Premier Northern Nigeria
The HARD FACTS!!! 1. Ahmadu Bello was born on June 12, 1909 in Rabbah, present day, Sokoto State. 2. He was the son of a concubine. 3. His father died when he was 6 years old. 4. He was the only surviving son of his father and mother, Mariyamu. 5. He was a great grand-son of Shehu Uthman dan Fodio, the great Fulani jihadist. 6. He got his Islamic and Arabic education as a teenager from Mallam Garba who was the Imam of Rabbah village. 7. He finished at the age of 16 top of his class. 8. He attended the Teacher's Training College, Katsina (later Barewa College) where he was a School Prefect and Class Captain. 9. Thereafter, he graduated as a Teacher in 1931 with a credit equivalent Grade III result. 10. He was appointed by the Sultan of Sokoto to work as a teacher at the Sokoto Middle School, where he was once a student and taught from 1931-1934. 11. He was appointed a rural administrator (District Head) at the age 25 in 1934. 12. He gave birth to a daughter after his dea