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Title:Nigeria: Enthronement Of The New Sultan Of Sokoto
Date:17th June 1996
Summary:Red-turbaned horsemen with spears and muskets led hundreds of thousands of people in celebrating the enthronement of the new sultan of Sokoto, spiritual leader of 50 million Nigerian Moslems.The son of Abubakar Siddiq III, who ruled the sultanate for 50 years, Mohammed Maccido, the 19th sultan, was born in 1928 and considered a more pious and humble man than his predecessor, was enthroned on June 17.
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Location:NIGERIA SOKOTO
Reuters ID:LDL00124JW2KR
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