The exceptional example of Mohammed Abubakar Rimi, By Adebayo Bodunrin

“When the Heart grieves over what is lost, the spirit rejoices over what it has left.” (Sufi Epigram)

The news of the sudden death of the late governor of old Kano state, now Kano and Jigawa states, Alhaji Mohammed Abubakar Rimi, at first, came to me as a fascinating tall tale from the tunnel of Tophet. It sounded surreal, like a dream. But the harbinger of the cheerless news was not a frivolous source by any means. Mallam Abdulkadir Ahmed Ibrahim had a solid and unblemished…