Abubakar Ibn Umar Garbai El-Kanemi of Borno [SEP] country of citizenship
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Abubakar Ibn Umar Garbai El-Kanemi of Borno (born 1957) is the Shehu, or traditional ruler, of the Borno Emirate in northeast Nigeria.
Career.
Shehu Abubakar Ibn Umar Garbai El-Kanemi (son of Shehu Umar Ibn Abubakar Garbai of Borno) has been the Shehu of Borno since 2009. He was born in Damagum, Yobe State on 13 May 1957. He attended Government College Maiduguri for his secondary education, and in 1975 was admitted to the Staff Training Centre,
Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs.
He was succeeded by Abubakar Ibn Umar Garbai El-Kanemi of Borno from the related family of the Dikwa Emirate.
Bibliography.
- Short biography of Mustafa Ibn Umar El-Kanemi of Borno
- Article about the death of the Shehu of Borno
External links.
- Kanuri Studies Association