President
Muhammadu Buhari’s second daughter, Zahra, married an oil magnate, Ahmed
Indimi, on Friday.
The wedding, which garnered
lots of media attention, took place at the National Mosque in Abuja.
A representative of the Indimi
family, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the groom’s family paid 12
gold coins
— valued at N250,000 — as bride price to the Buhari’s family, Daily Trust reported.
It was learnt that the Sarkin Fulanin Daura, Alhaji Yusuf Sani, gave out Zahra
on behalf of the Buhari family.
Meanwhile,
the bride took to her Instagram account on Friday to share some of her wedding
pictures.
In one
picture where she was dressed in a blue traditional wear, Zahra described
herself as a “proud Fulani bride” who has a great deal of respect for
tradition.
“I
respect tradition; it is what makes us unique. For my ‘kamu’ (a ceremony
whereby the groom’s family comes and negotiates with the bride’s friends for
her release), I insisted on wearing the rich blue traditional Fulani fabric
that was worn by generations before us. I am proudly (a) Fulani bride,” she
wrote
Punch
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