Dr. Usman Bugaje narrated a story of how an opposition suya seller, a member of the old NEPU movement, used to taunt Sardauna Sir Ahmadu Bello every morning when Sardauna was going to the office. He will shout NEPU Sawaba slogan in opposition to Sardauna's NPC.
The man did this for nearly two years. Then, for some days, Sardauna noticed that the man wasn't at his suya at his spot. Sardauna asked his aides to inquire about the man. SAB was told that the man was in jail for a criminal breach of trust. Sardauna asked what the amount was?
Sardauna was told the amount, and he quietly asked someone to go to the court and pay the amount the NEPU man had converted. SAB asked that he should not be told who the secret benefactor was. The man was released from jail and came back to continue taunting Sardauna.
The man continued the taunts for months until one day, one of Sardauna's valets heard the story and told the man that it was Sardauna who paid off his debts secretly and got him released from jail. The man stopped the taunts and changed his tone to "Allah shi ƙara maka imani"
Sardauna noticed that the man had stopped his taunts and was now stooping to greet him. SAB asked what happened, and he told that the man now knew who his secret helper was. Sardauna frowned and said he didn't want the man to know he helped him. Allah ya jiƙan Gamji dan Ibrahim
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