| Muhammadu Mai Maina | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sarkin Askira | |||||
 Taken in the 1960s | |||||
| Chief of Askira | |||||
| Reign | 2 February 1922 – 1964 | ||||
| Predecessor | None (title established) | ||||
| Successor | Muhammadu Askira II | ||||
| Chief of Margi | |||||
| Reign | 1913 – 1917 | ||||
| Born | Muhammadu Yerima Abdu 1874 Jega, Gwandu Emirate | ||||
| Died | 1964 (aged 89–90) Askira, Borno Province, Nigeria | ||||
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Muhammadu Mai Maina OON (1874–1964) was the first chief of Askira. He worked as an interpreter for the Northern Nigeria colonial government from 1895 to 1913, when he was appointed Chief of the Margi District in Bornu. In 1917, he resigned from this position and worked as a trader in Potiskum. Later, he founded the town of Askira and was appointed its chief in 1921, a position he held for over forty years. In 1958, he published Labarin Maimaina Na Jega, Sarkin Askira, a memoir about his early career as an interpreter. In 1961, he became a member of the Northern Region House of Chiefs.[1][2]
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- ^ Saidu, Amina Ramat; Kullima, Shettima Bukar; Ribadu, Hamza Tukur (2021). "The Role of the British Occupation of Borno and Socio-Political Transformation" (PDF). Journal of Research in Humanities and Social Science. 9 (3). Quest Journals.