Jibril Gaini was a Mahdism preacher who lived during the reign of Emir Zailani (1882–1888) of
Gombe Empire. He was a
Mahdist leader, a
religious zealot who managed to establish himself at Burmi on the border between
Gombe and Fika. During these periods, a wave of revolutionary Mahdism was swept through western emirates of Sokoto and eastern emirate of Gombe.
[{{Cite journal , last1=Paul , first1=Lovejoy , last2=J. , first2=Hogendorn , date=2010-10-28 , title=Revolutionary Mahdism and Resistance to Colonial Rule in the Sokoto Caliphate, 1905-6 , url=https://www.artsrn.ualberta.ca/amcdouga/Hist347/additional%20rdgs/case%20studies/sokoto/mahdism_sokoto.pdf , journal=The Journal of African History , volume=31 , issue=2 , pages=217–244 , via=JSTOR] Gaini managed to withstand for years against the combined forces of Gombe and neighboring emirates like
Sokoto
Sokoto is a major city located in extreme northwestern Nigeria, near the confluence of the Sokoto River and the Rima River. As of 2006 it has a population of over 427,760. Sokoto is the modern-day capital of Sokoto State and was previously the c ...
, and was finally defeated and exiled by the
British Royal Niger Company in 1902.
References
People from Northern (state)
Nigerian religious leaders