Muhammadu Maccido

Ibrahim Muhammadu Maccido dan Abubakar (April 20, 1928 - October 29, 2006), known colloquially as Muhammadu Maccido, was the 19th Sultan of Sokoto in Nigeria. He was the son and primary aide to the Sultan of Sokoto for 50 years, Siddiq Abubakar III (1903-1988).

During his life, Maccido served in a variety of government positions, most notably as the liaison to Nigerian President Shehu Shagari (rule 1979-1983) until a military coup deposed Shagari. When his father died in 1988, Nigeria's military ruler, Ibrahim Babangida, appointed Ibrahim Dasuki (rule 1985-1993) as the new Sultan of Sokoto, sparking large-scale, violent protests across northern Nigeria.

Sani Abacha (1993-1998), a later Nigerian military dictator, deposed Dasuki and appointed Maccido as the new Sultan in 1996. Maccido was crowned on April 21, 1996, and reigned for a decade. He used his position to try to heal divisions in northern Nigeria's Muslim community, strengthen ties with other Muslim communities, and reduce ethnic tensions within Nigeria. On October 29, 2006, while returning to Sokoto from a meeting with President Olusegun Obasanjo, Maccido died in the plane crash of ADC Airlines Flight 53, along with his son Badamasi Maccido. He is buried in Sokoto alongside many other Sokoto Sultans.

In 2006, after Eid al-Fitr, Maccido traveled to Abuja to meet with President Olusegun Obasanjo. Following that meeting, Maccido boarded a plane bound for Sokoto on October 29. On board were one of his sons, Badamasi Maccido (Senator from Sokoto), his grandson, and other regional government officials in Abuja for an education workshop. The ADC Airlines Flight 53 crashed shortly after takeoff, killing the majority of the passengers, including Maccido, his son, and grandson. Maccido's body had not been burned, making positive identification simple. His body was carried through the streets of Sokoto by tens of thousands of mourners. He was buried near his father in the main tomb of the sultans of Sokoto (the Hubbare).