 He is buried in Sokoto with many of the other Sultans of Sokoto.Muhammadu Maccido was one of the few children born to Sultan Siddiq Abubakar III before Abubakar became the Sultan of Sokoto in 1938.He was born on 20 April 1928 on the outskirts of the city of Sokoto in the town of Dange Shuni.