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Tuesday, April 28, 2020

First female Kano Hisbah commander, Halima Shitu dies




First female Kano Hisbah commander, Halima Shitu dies
The first female Hisbah Commander in Kano state, Halima Shitu has died at the age of 55 as confirmed by a family source.


The deceased who contributed to Islamic scholarship among women in Nigeria and Africa at large as the Chairperson of the Association of Muslim Women in Africa(AMEWA), died after a brief illness in Kano.

Her sister, Maimuna Shitu said;

“She left behind a husband who is a prominent Islamic Scholar Sheikh Abdulwahab Abdullah and six children to mourn her. Her eldest son is Malam Abdullah Abdulwahab, a system analyst at Bayero University Kano."

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