Renowned Islamic scholar Sheikh Dahiru Usman Bauchi has passed away after a prolonged illness.

According to family sources, the respected cleric, who was over 100 years old, passed away on Wednesday.

The news was later announced by former presidential media aide, Bashir Ahmad, in a post on X.

He wrote, “It is with a heavy heart and complete submission to the will of Allah (SAW) that we receive the news of the passing of our revered leader, Sheikh Dahiru Usman Bauchi, one of the leaders of the Tijjaniyya order in Nigeria.

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“May Allah forgive his shortcomings, accept his noble deeds and grant him Jannatul Firdaus. Ameen.”

Sheikh Dahiru Bauchi was regarded as one of Nigeria’s most influential Islamic scholars.