Sarkin Sumaila Dansumaila Akilu

Sarkin Sumaila Dansumaila Akilu, a Fulani from the Jobawa clan, held the royal title of Sarkin Sumaila, (King of Sumaila), he is a descendant of Makaman Kano Iliyasu, a Kingmaker of the Kano Emirate Council, he supervised and ruled over Sumaila a Jobawa Settlement established in the 1740s,
Reign
He was appointed as the village head of the town by the Kano Emirate, ruling the town and reporting to the District Head of Wudil, the Makaman Kano, the town is located in South Eastern Kano, it was originally called 'Garun- Sam'ila' after one of its first settlers, it attracted little attention during the time of the Sultanate of Kano, the sharp rise of Jobe influence in eastern Kano in the late 18th century saw the construction of a stockade and a partial fort around the town in the 1750s. Sumaila rose to prominence in the time of the Sokoto Caliphate when it became the site of an epic battle that halted the advance of the Bornoan cavalry when El-Kanemi encroached into the territory of the Sokoto Caliphate.
During the reign of Emir Abdullahi Maje-Karofi, the Ningi rebellion broke out, a Ribat was constructed around the town and a permanent fulani force was stationed there to protect the southern borders of the Emirate During the Kano civil war or Basasa, Sumaila was a major hub for pan-Yusuf forces because of its close proximity to Takai,the capital of the Yusufawa.
Descendants
When he died, the throne was not given to his heirs or tribe of Fulani but given to a Barebari family where three people ruled in succession namely Jumma, Habuna and Garba Maje Gabas, it was after the death of Maje Gabas that the throne reverted back to the Fulani tribe and the House of Sarkin Sumaila Akilu, from then on his descendants have been ruling the town, some of the family dynasties that descended from him include the Muallimawa who are related to him through his daughter called Binta ibna Dansumaila Akilu and his granddaughter Maryam Inuwa Chango.

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