15/02/2025
15th February,2025
Press release
FORMER AGF MALAMI JOINS KEBBI GOVERNOR IN YAURI FOR RIGATA AND CULTURAL FESTIVAL
The immediate past Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Dr. Abubakar Malami SAN, CON, today joined Kebbi State Governor, Dr. Nasir Idris Kauran Gwandu, in attending this year’s annual Yauri Rigata Festival held in Yauri town.
Other distinguished personalities present at the event included the Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Senator Abubakar Atiku Bagudu, Senator Muhammad Adamu Aleru, former Governor Saidu Usman Nasamu Dakingari, and the State Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Hon. Dr. Yusuf Tanko Sununu, among others.
This year’s festival showcased a variety of cultural heritage activities, including canoe races and swimming competitions, delighting guests were also entertained by exhibitions of supernatural powers.
Dr. Malami, who holds the traditional title of Dokajin Yauri, was accompanied to the festival by several notable figures, including the immediate past Chairman of NAPTIP, Alh. Abubakar Usman Gotomo; the Governor’s Special Adviser Alh. Bello Muhammad Nasarawa; former Executive Director of Sokoto Rima Alh Faruku Madugu; Manager of Kadi Foundation, Alh. Yahaya Koko; and Khadimiyya Publicity Secretary, Ibrahim Abubakar Jombali.
Others included MD of Rayhan Group of Companies, Barrister Abdulaziz Abubakar Malami; Khadimiyya Assistant Secretary, Alh. Surajo Kasimu Argungu; MD of Azbir Engineering, Abiru Abubakar Malami; and Yahuza Dada, among others.
Mukhtar Alhassan Danbaturiya & Nura Sani Argungu
Media and Publicity Department Khadimiyya For Justice and Development Initiative