Yakubu

Yakubu was ruler (Sarkin Gobir) of the Hausa city-state of Gobir, in what is now northern Nigeria, from 1795 to 1801.

Reign

Yakubu waged a number of military campaigns during his reign, continuing the expansionist policies of his predecessors.

His reign was marked by a deterioration of relations between the Hausa elite of Gobir and Fulani Islamic reformer Usman dan Fodio, whose growing religious and political influence over the Gobir population had begun under Bawa's rule.