President Muhammadu Buhari has been named among the top 50 most influential Muslim leaders in the world.
According to the 2017 edition of The Muslim500 , an annual report of the world’s 500 most influential Muslims, President Buhari is the 17th most powerful Muslim in 2016. Last year, he was the 20th most influential Muslim.
Among the top 50 list are two other Nigerians, the Sultan of Sokoto, Saad Abubakar III, and a Borno State-Islamic cleric, Sheik Ibrahim Saleh.
The Sultan and Saleh retained their previous ranking, 22nd and 38th respectively.
