How Zamfara governor, NGO rescued stranded 16-year-old almajiri from Mali
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Bello Matawalle
…Sent to study Islamic education in Senegal but trekked for 5 months to Mali in search of help
By Ibrahim HassanWuyo
BUT for his intervention, the Zamfara State Governor, Bello Muhammed Matawallen Maradun, the life of a 16-year-old boy would have remained in jeopardy and uncertainty. The Barden Hausa and Shettiman Sokoto, played a major role in finding out about the condition and safe return of Fatihu Muhammed Tukur, who was stranded in Mali for over four years.
Tukur, who hails from Kaura Namoda Local Government Area of Zamfara State, was taken to Kaulaha, Senegal to pursue Islamic education. But after arriving the area and finding it unattractive to ply his trade there, young Tukur absconded from his Arabic School in Kaulaha Senegal and trekked to Mali, a journey which took him five months to reach Mali.