Dahiru Usman Bauchi

Sheikh Dahiru Usman OFR was a Nigerian Islamic scholar. He was part of the Islamic Sufi group known as the Tijaniyyah and prominent in Nigeria.

Early life

Sheikh Dahiru Bauchi was born in East [Gombe, Gombe, Gombe State|Gombe State|Gombe] at Northern Region, Nigeria. His parents were from Bauchi in East Gombe. His maternal roots are from Gombe. Dahiru Bauchi was born in the Hijri year 1346.

Education

As a youth Dahiru Bauchi studied the Holy Qur’an under the tutelage of his father Alhaji Usman. Eventually he learned to recite the entire Qur’an from memory as could his father. He studied under scholars like Shaykh Tijani Usman Zangon-Bare-bari, Shaykh Abubakar Atiku and Shaykh Abdulqadir Zaria He received the Tijjaniyyah Tariqah. His father was a Tijani muqaddam, who was granted authorization for tariqa. Dahiru Bauchi is deputy chair of the Fatwa Committee of the Supreme Council Of Islamic Affairs in Nigeria.

Criticism

Bauchi was detained in 2009 in Saudi Arabia by Saudi security forces while performing his pilgrimage in Mecca. The cause of the arrest was the ongoing doctrinal dispute between three major Nigerian Islamic groups, Darika, Izala, and Shi'ah, that broke out during Ramadan of that year.

Shi'a killings

Bauchi blamed the 2015 Zaria massacre on Nigerian authorities.

Personal life and death

Bauchi had more than 80 children, and was married to the daughter of the renowned 20th-century Tijani scholar Sheikh Ibrahim Niasse. Sheikh Baba Laminu Niasse of Kaolack, Senegal, officiated the marriage in Ibrahim Niasse Mosque, Senegal.
Bauchi died peacefully in his home after a prolonged illness in the early hours of 26 November 2025, at the age of 98.