title: Sambo Junaidu
text: # Sambo Junaidu
  
  Professor Sambo Wali Junaidu is a scholar of Islam and Arabic Literature. He is the 13th Wazirin Sokoto and chairman of the Advisory Committee on Religious Affairs, Sokoto Sultanate Council. He was formerly a lecturer at the Department of Arabic Studies of Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, and the chairman of the Moon Sighting & Advisory Committee to the Sultanate Council. He succeeded his older brother Alhaji Usman Junaidu, the 12th Wazirin Sokoto, who died in 2017.
  
  