Our Father Mentored Over 63m Muslims— Sheikh Dahiru Bauchi’s Family

Family of the late renowned Islamic scholar, Sheikh Dahiru Usman Bauchi, says their late father mentored and guided over 63 million Muslims across Nigeria and beyond during his lifetime.

Speaking on behalf of the 820-member family, the successor of the late cleric, Khalifa Sheikh Ibrahim Shaykh Dahiru Usman Bauchi, made this known yesterday in Bauchi when President Tinubu paid a condolence visit following the passing of the respected Islamic leader.

According to Khalifa Ibrahim, for over 56  years, the late cleric organised between five and ten annual Islamic gatherings, each attracting millions of followers, disciples, students, adherents, devotees, and admirers, numbering more than 63 million people.

He emphasised that despite commanding such a massive following, there was no record in Nigeria’s history from 1969 to 2025, that Sheikh Dahiru Bauchi ever instigated violence, unrest, or chaos.

A formal message from the family read by Dr. Bashir Sheikh Dahiru Usman Bauchi expressed profound appreciation to President Tinubu for personally visiting the family and for earlier delegating top government officials to represent him during the funeral and burial rites on  November 28, 2025.