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Ahmed Lemu

Nigerian scholar and pedagogue (1929-2020) · Nigeria · On the map · Educators · Died at 91

Ahmed Lemu, OON, OFR, was a Nigerian Islamic scholar, educationist and jurist, who was the first grand khadi and chief justice of Niger State. He was the founder of Islamic Educational Trust (IET) together with his wife Aisha Lemu and a friend Ashafa Sani Suleiman.

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King Faisal International Prize in Service to Islam2014

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He was a member of the Vision 2010 Committee constituted by Sani Abacha, and in 2011 he was appointed as the Chairman of Presidential Committee on Post Election Violence by Goodluck Jonathan to probe the violence which followed the announcement of the 2011 presidential Election results in Northern Nigeria. He died at the age of 91.

Country
Nigeria
Category
Educators
Type
Educator
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1929 to 2020 · aged 91