As the wedding of Hanan, the daughter of
President Muhammadu Buhari, was taking place on Friday, a number of young men must have been biting their fingers over their loss.
Abdullahi Bashir, a 22-year-old son of a herder from Adamawa State, would have been one of them but for his assertion that he is happy for her despite the fact that nothing would have made him happier than to marry her.
He even offered a contribution to the wedding activities when his bold moves to date her hit a solid wall. After all efforts to meet the girl personally to express his love failed, the young Fulani man took to social media, posting a video in which he
offered 150 cattle as bride price if she agreed to his proposal.
When he learnt that she was getting married to another man, he accepted it as the will of God and announced his contribution of 50 cattle for the wedding ceremony. The value of 150 cattle
He said: “By offering 150 cattle for Hanan’s hand in marriage, I didn’t mean to show that I was wealthy, in fact I am nobody.
“I was not looking at the market value of the cattle, I was looking at the value of a cow to a Fulani man.
“It is easier for a Fulani man to give you one million naira than to give you his cow.
“This shows how much I value and love her”..Far from being a typical stick-wielding, forest dwelling cattle boy, Abdullahi is a google certified
web developer and digital marketer with profound interest in digital photography and videography.
“I developed the website of Koode Radio
International, a Fulfulde AM station located in Abuja, and I am the one managing the site. “I am into journalism as a freelance reporter with the radio station”,
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