The World - News from Nov. 9, 1988
Thousands of Nigerians, angry at the choice of a new sultan to lead the country’s 50 million Muslims, rioted in a northwestern town, burning government offices and freeing 2,000 prisoners. State-run Radio Nigeria mentioned no casualties and did not estimate damage in three days of rioting and demonstrations in Sokoto, a predominantly Muslim town 465 miles north of the capital of Lagos. The violence erupted after a committee of Muslim elders chose Ibrahim Dasuki as sultan instead of the elder son of the late Sadiq Abubakar, who died last week after 50 years as sultan.
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