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The new Yoruba chief of Greater Accra Region. Hamza Idris Peregrino-Brimah, was turbaned last Friday. Chief Brimah VIII was coronated under the authority and blessings of the National Chief Imam Sheikh Osman Nuhu Sharubutu.
His turbaning followed a several month vacancy since the passing of Chief Brimah VII, Ambassador Mohammed Bashir Peregrino Brimah in September of last year.
Over the weekend the Brimah family paid a courtesy call to Chief Imam Sheikh Osman Nuhu Sharubutu and thanked him for his support and appointing of a head of the family while the new Chief was picked.
Chief Hamza Peregrino-Brimah, popularly called “Oyinbo,” is a businessman and a great grandson of Chief Brimah I, the first head of Islamic community of the Gold coast community in the early 1900s.
A grand turbaning ceremony is planned God willing after the Ramadan fasting period.
–Dr. Perry Brimah for the family.
