Kaduna was agog on Saturday as Chairman of Blueprint Newspapers Ltd Abuja, Alhaji Mohammed Idris Malagi gave out the hands of her daughter, Arch. Thurayya Mohammed Idris, in marriage to Engr. Fahad Isa Kaita in Kaduna.
The glamorous wedding, which held at the Yahaya road Mosque Ungwan Rimi, Kaduna, was witnessed by a mammoth crowd who thronged the wedding fathia, the mothers’ day at Murtala Muhammed Square on Friday and the subsequent reception at Hotel 17.
The wedding attracted top dignitaries, politicians, captains of industries, media moguls, public relations practitioners, chieftains and stalwarts of the All Progressives Congress (APC), even the common men from Niger and Kaduna states as well as Abuja to celebrate with a Niger state gubernatorial aspirant.
Speaking on the sidelines of the wedding, father of the bride, Alhaji Malagi expressed appreciation to God for making the event possible, noting that he was very happy and fulfilled to have given birth to a child, saw the child grow up from childhood to adulthood and to have been there to give the child out in marriage and to guide her to parenthood.
According to the Publisher of Blueprint Newspapers and owner of We FM, Abuja, “As a parent, it feels very good. I feel happy, I feel great. I feel accomplished. This is a moment that every parent wants to go through. It feels like only yesterday that these children were born, now they have become adults and she brought home a husband to get married to. She has benefited fine upbringing, I pray she utilise the upbringing in her new home.
“My advice to them is to love themselves, be fair to themselves, they should be patient, they should go slowly and by the grace of God their destination is in sight. For parents who are approaching this stage, they should be steadfast as they look forward to giving out their daughter or getting their son married. It is a joyous moment of parenthood.”
Also speaking, former deputy governor of Niger state, Alhaji Ahmed Musa Ibeto, said it is a day of prayers and giving thanks to almighty God.
“I’m here to attend the wedding fathia of the daughter of my brother, Alhaji Mohammed Idris Malagi. It is an able father that Allah blessed with a daughter and give him the wherewithal to train her up to a stage where he would give her out in marriage.
“It is a day of prayer and a day of giving thanks and glory to Allah for making the day possible. I will like to advice the couple to consider this marriage as an act of ibadah (worship) and every ibadah has its rules and regulations and if they follow the laud down rules and regulations Allah will bless the marriage and make it a toyeeb for the couple that would grant them Aljannah. So we pray to Allah to bless this couple with children that they also would train and marry them out one day,” he said.
Also speaking, a friend to the bride’s father, Alhaji Bashir Chedi said, “We are most grateful. Today is a turning point in the lives of our families. A friend giving out her daughter is a great thing to always remember and to be grateful to God for. God endowed us with a daughter, we trained her through moral and conventional education. She has exhibited full knowledge and practice of what she has been taught”.
Top dignitaries from across the country witnessed the wedding including Governor Abubakar Sani Bello, who was represented by the Chief of Staff, Alhaji Ibrahim Balarabe Kagara, former Military Administrator of Borno and Katsina states and former Nigeria Football Association Chairman, Col. Abdulmumini Aminu (retd), former deputy governor of Niger state, Alhaji Ahmed Musa Ibeto, Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Niger state chapter, Alhaji Haliru Jikantoro. Leaders and members of National Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) were equally in attendance.