Ahmadu Bello

In 1934 he succeeded his brother as District Head of Rabah; in 1938, after an unsuccessful attempt to become Sultan of Sokoto, the new Sultan made him Sardauna — a Sokoto chieftaincy title — and chief political adviser ¹. He went on to lead the Northern People's Congress and, from 1954 until his death, was the first and only Premier of the Northern Region, dominating Nigerian national affairs for over a decade ^{1 2}. He founded the Jama'atu Nasril Islam, helped found the Muslim World League and took part in its 1965 Mecca conference ³.

Bello was assassinated in Kaduna on 15 January 1966 in Nigeria's first military coup, alongside Prime Minister Abubakar Tafawa Balewa ^{1 2}.

The Arabic article says Bello learned in the Qur'anic schools and "was raised in the zawiyas of the shaykhs of the Sufi orders, men of the Qadiriyya" before entering the British school ³ — a statement of upbringing and formation, not of his own initiation, discipleship or membership in the order. The English article records only his Islamic education at home and his caliphal descent, and Wikidata gives only Islam ^{1 2}. With no text stating a personal affiliation, the record keeps his affiliation unknown, flagged for the founder's word, with the Qadiriyya upbringing preserved in the record's note.

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