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<p dir="ltr">By Adnan Mukhtar</p><div class="C2lSTTD2" style="clear:both;float:left;width:100%;margin:0 0 20px 0;"><script async src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>

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<p dir="ltr">It has been 30 years since the untimely death of my father, Mukhtari Adamu Abubakar, on the 25th of April 1993. He was a brilliant and fine lawyer, a breadwinner, a generous personality, very loyal to his parents, completely devoted to his God, a responsible husband to his wife, and much more. We lost him in a ghastly motor accident at Ningi, Bauchi State.</p><div class="44IsSipf" style="clear:both;float:left;width:100%;margin:0 0 20px 0;"><script async src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>

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<p dir="ltr">I was inspired to pen this tribute to my father by Mahmud Jega, who wrote a tribute in honor of his late grandfather titled &#8220;30 years without Magatakarda&#8221; sometime around 2014.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">The accident that claimed the lives of 30 people occurred on a Sunday evening on their way back to Kano from Bauchi with his friend Mallam Yusuf Muhammad Tudun Wada (Karachi).</p>
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<p dir="ltr">As I delved into the story of my father, I realized that he left a good name for his family and was one of the most loved personalities by his friends, family, and community members.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">My father was a man of many parts. He worked briefly in the bank, was a freelance journalist, a successful lawyer, and also a writer. This can be seen through his love for books and contributions in the national dailies. My mother always remembers his column &#8216;Literary Corner&#8217; in the then Sunday Triumph.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">We inherited a large number of books from our father, many of which were autographed by the authors, including the renowned novelist and author Chukwuemeka Ike, who was a contemporary of Wole Soyinka, Chinua Achebe, etc., the late Dan Iyan Zazzau Nuhu Muhammad Bayero, and the Liberation of Nigeria, which was autographed by the late Yusuf Bala Usman.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">My father was a Pupil Counsel in the Kano State Ministry of Justice, Senior Magistrate Grade I and II in the Kano State Judiciary before his appointment as company secretary/legal adviser of the Nigerian Hotels Limited in Lagos.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">The legacy of our iconic father, the Late Mukhtari Adamu Abubakar of blessed memory, has granted us unexpected favors and accorded us respect and courtesy at many times.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">&#8220;He was nicknamed professor by his secondary school classmates because of his mastery of the English Language.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">He was friendly to all that he met, he was exceptionally brilliant and unassuming&#8221;. This was in the words of one of his classmates in a comment to one of my tributes in their class WhatsApp group. It was sent to me by the Dan Amar of Gumel Alhaji Sani Ahmed Babandi last year.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">I have written a lot about my father for the past 9 years, but words will not be enough to describe him more. We shall tell my son, Muhammad, his siblings and cousins about a great man called Mukhtari Professor.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">May Allah S.W.T grant my father, his friend, Yusuf Muhammad Tudun Wada, Hajiya Hauwa Mai Kosai, Baba Ladi, Aunty Sarauniya, and all the departed souls eternal rest.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">Ameen.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">Adnan is a Political PR consultant and Staff Writer with PRNigeria</p>
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