 Akilu Aliyu

Alhaji Dr. Aliyu Akilu M.F.R (1918 – October 19, 1999) also known as Malam Akilu Aliyu or Aqilu Aliyu was a Nigerian poet, writer, scholar, politician and one of the greatest Hausa poets of the twentieth century.Akliu Aliyu was born in Jega (in a town called Kyarmi, in present-day Kebbi State.