Sultan Muhammadu Maccido: 20 years after, the enduring legacy of a man of peace

By Senator Iroegbu
Some deaths are mourned and gradually consigned to history. Others leave a void that time cannot completely fill, not merely because of the circumstances surrounding them, but because of the extraordinary lives they brought to an end.
Twenty years after the tragic ADC Airlines Flight 053 crash of October 29, 2006, the death of His Eminence, Alhaji Muhammadu Maccido, the 19th Sultan of Sokoto and President-General of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), remains a profound loss to Nigeria.
The ill-fated aircraft crashed shortly after departing Abuja for Sokoto, claiming 96 lives, including the Sultan, his son, Senator Badamasi Maccido, his gra...