Personal jets stuffed up the runway of the airport within the northern Nigerian metropolis of Kano as members of Nigeria’s elite and West African dignitaries flew in for the marriage of the president’s son and the daughter of a outstanding spiritual and conventional chief.
The wedding of Yusuf Buhari to Zahra Nasir Bayero is one among Nigeria’s greatest movie star occasions of the yr.
Hundreds attended the occasion on the palace of the Emir of Bichi, a city in Kano state.
One historian advised the BBC {that a} wedding ceremony between presidential and royal households was unprecedented in Nigeria.
The pair met on the College of Surrey within the UK.
The festivities are persevering with in a while Saturday, when the bride’s father Nasir Ado Bayero is being formally topped because the Emir of Bichi.
Her uncle is the Emir of Kano, one among Nigeria’s most outstanding Islamic leaders.
The groom’s household paid 500,000 naira ($1,200; £900) because the bride worth – about 10 instances the common quantity in northern Nigeria.
The BBC’s Ishaq Khalid in Nigeria says the pre-wedding footage of the bride induced controversy on social media, with some calling her clothes “immoral” as a result of her shoulders have been uncovered, whereas others defended her.
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Whereas there are some experiences that 100 non-public jets flew in for the event, an airport official advised the BBC there have been fewer than 50.
Nonetheless, the festivities have been scaled down due to the coronavirus pandemic. Lots of the company wore face masks, with Nigeria presently grappling with an upsurge in circumstances.
There was heavy safety on the wedding ceremony ceremony, with police and navy officers guarding the venue and stationed at close by strategic places.
The marriage itself was performed by Communications Minister Isa Ali Pantami, a certified imam.
Prime politicians and conventional rulers from throughout the nation flew in, together with a number of opposition figures. Amongst them have been President Muhammadu Buhari’s predecessor, Goodluck Jonathan, whom he defeated within the 2015 election.
The Gambia’s First Woman Fatoumata Bah Barrow and the previous president of neighbouring Niger, Muhammadu Issoufu, have been among the many international company.
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