Opinion
“Tanko Dan Takarda: Fitaccen Lauya Kuma Marubuci da Al’umma Ba Za su Manta da Shi Ba” —Adnan Mukhtar
Ko da yake mahaifina ne, na fi jin abubuwa da yawa game da shi daga abokansa, ‘yan uwa da dattawan unguwarmu ta Tudun Wada.
Marigayi mahaifina, lauyan kwarai, Mukhtar Adamu Abubakar, ya rasu shekaru 32 da suka wuce sakamakon mummunan hadarin mota da ya faru a ranar 18 ga Afrilu, 1993 a hanyar Bauchi zuwa Kano, kamar yadda jaridar Triumph ta ruwaito a ranar 27 ga Afrilu, 1993.
Prof. Gwarzo Ya Bai Wa NWDC Ginin Bene Mai Hawa Bakwai Domin Zama Hedikwata A Kano
Na rasa shi tun ina jariri mai watanni shida kacal. Ban samu damar sanin shi da kaina ko kuma koyo daga gare shi ba.
Wani dattijo mai suna Alhaji Me Tebur, wanda ya danganta da Alhaji Lawan Na Yaya da Alhaji Sulaiman Yahya, ya sha gaya wa babban dan uwa kuma abokin gidanmu, Mujitafa Lawan Muhammad, cewa Tanko Dan Takarda mutum ne mai ilimi da basira.
Tun daga shekarar 2011 nake rubuce-rubuce domin tunawa da mahaifina. A shekara ta 2023, na wallafa na karshe mai taken “Shekaru 30 Ba Tare da Mukhtari Professor Ba.”
Mahaifina yana da sunaye daban-daban. Abokansa suna kiransa “Professor”, yayin da al’umma ke kiransa “Tanko”, saboda ya kasance karamin yaro bayan ‘yan uwansa mata biyu — Maryam Adamu (Ladi) da Binta Adamu (Zaria). A al’adar Hausawa, ana kiran duk wanda ke da ‘yan uwa mata biyu na gaba da shi da suna Tanko.
Sakamakon irin rawar da ya taka a zamanin karatunsa, an kuma san shi da “Comrade”. Ya rike mukamin Kakakin Majalisar Dalibai ta Jami’ar Ahmadu Bello (ABU) a 1979, sannan ya zama Sakataren Gwamnatin Dalibai a 1980.
Wannan al’amari ya sake maimaituwa a rayuwata, inda na rike matsayin Mataimakin Kakakin Majalisar Dalibai a Jami’ar Northwest, Kano, sannan na zama Sakataren Majalisar Dalibai. Wannan ya kasance abin alfahari a gare ni, ganin na bi sahun mutumin da nake wa koyi, duk da ba na karatun lauya.
Tanko Dan Takarda mai sha’awar jaridu ne da rubuce-rubuce. Ya kasance marubuci a shafin Literary Digest na Sunday Triumph, kuma yana gabatar da shirin rediyo a gidan rediyon jihar Kano, kamar yadda marubuci kuma tsohon edita na Triumph, Malam Kabiru Muhammad Gwagwanzo ya gaya mini.
Mahaifina ya bar mana suna nagari, wanda ya shahara cikin ‘yan uwa, abokai da ma al’ummar da ya rayu tare da su. Ya taba aiki a banki, ya zama dan jarida, lauya, da marubuci. Mahaifiyata na yawan tuna rubuce-rubucensa a shafin Literary Corner na Sunday Triumph.
Mun gada da tarin littattafai daga gare shi, ciki har da wadanda manyan marubuta irin su Chukwuemeka Ike, wanda ya yi zamanin da Wole Soyinka da Chinua Achebe, suka rattaba hannu akai. Haka zalika akwai littafin Liberation of Nigeria da Yusuf Bala Usman ya sa hannu a ciki.
Mahaifina ya fara aiki a matsayin lauyan gwamnati a Ma’aikatar Shari’a ta Jihar Kano, sannan ya zama Alkalin Majistare na matakin daya da biyu kafin daga bisani a nada shi a matsayin Sakataren Kamfanin Nigerian Hotels Limited a Legas.
Ranar 16 ga Afrilu, 1993 aka nada shi a matsayin Solicitor General na Jihar Kano, amma abin bakin ciki, ya rasu kwana biyu bayan haka, kamar yadda jaridar Triumph ta bayyana a ranar 27 ga Afrilu, 1993:
> “Sabon Solicitor General Ya Rasu”
Alhaji Mukhtar Abubakar, wanda aka sanar da nadin sa a matsayin Solicitor General na Kano ranar Juma’ar da ta gabata, ya rasu a wani asibiti mai zaman kansa ranar Lahadi.
Ya rasu ne sakamakon munanan raunukan da ya samu a hadarin mota da ya faru a ranar 18 ga Afrilu, 1993.
Ya na da shekara 34 a duniya.
Ya yi karatu a makarantar firamare ta Tudun Wada, sannan Government Secondary School Lautai, Gumel daga 1972 zuwa 1976. Ya kammala karatunsa na lauya daga ABU Zaria a 1982, kuma aka kira shi zuwa bar a 1983.
Ya yi aiki a matsayin Alkalin Majistare har zuwa nadin sa a matsayin Sakataren Kamfanin Nigerian Hotels Limited.
Gwamnonin Kano da Jigawa — Alhaji Kabiru Ibrahim Gaya da Barrister Ali Sa’adu Birnin Kudu — sun kai ziyarar ta’aziyya ga iyalan marigayin. Sun bayyana rasuwar sa a matsayin babban rashi ga shari’a da al’ummar Jihar Kano baki daya.”
Gado daga mahaifinmu, marigayi Mukhtari Adamu Abubakar, ya taba buɗe mana ƙofofi da dama, ya kuma ba mu kima da daraja a wurare da dama.
A cewar wani abokin karatun mahaifina a sakandare:
> “Sunansa ‘Professor’ saboda iya Turanci da kwarewar da yake da ita. Mutum ne mai halin kirki, haziki kuma mai saukin kai.”
Wannan sako ne daga cikin sakonnin da aka turo a kungiyar WhatsApp na ajinsu, wanda Dan Amar na Gumel, Alhaji Sani Ahmed Babandi ya turo mini a shekarar 2021.
Na shafe shekaru fiye da goma sha biyar ina rubuce-rubuce akan mahaifina, kuma har yanzu kalmomi ba za su iya bayyana dukkan irin darajar da muke da ita gareshi ba.
Zan ci gaba da gaya wa ‘ya’yana — Muhammad Mukhtar, Adam Naufal — da ‘yan uwansu Fatima, Ameer, Khairat, Haidar da Fudail, labarin babban mutum mai suna Mukhtari Professor.
Allah ya jikan mahaifina, da abokinsa Yusuf Muhammad Tudun Wada, Hajiya Hauwa Mai Kosai, Baba Ladi, Aunty Sarauniya da dukkan musulmin da suka riga mu gidan gaskiya.
Ameen.