Ilesha Baruba Stool: Prof. Halidu Abubakar emerges new Emir

Date: 2015-05-09

Emeritus Professor of Public Finance at Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Zaria, Halidu Ibrahim Abubakar, has emerged the new Emir of Ilesha- Baruba in Baruten Local Government Area of Kwara State, National Pilot authoritatively reports.

He emerged in an election conducted by six kingmakers in December, last year.

The retired university teacher polled three votes out of six, reliable sources told our reporter last night.

Other contestants, Alhaji Mohammed Umar (Apolo) and Adamu Asaburu polled one vote each.

This medium had reported that over 10 aspirants eyed the stool from the four ruling houses (Derekureku, Sunomora, Dagbara and Sunaderu), following the demise of the late monarch, Alhaji Bio Uthman Abubakar.

Abubakar died in November, 2014, aged 71 after a protracted illness.

The late Emir, who was appointed in 2000, was a former state’s Commissioner for Works and Housing, General Manager of London office of the defunct National Electric Power Authority (NEPA) and held various positions before he ascended the throne.

Born on May 3, 1944, the late emir is survived by wives, children and grandchildren.

However, the new Emir is the Board Chairman of Harmony Holdings Limited and a member of the Governing Council, Kwara State University (KWASU), Molete.

Speaking to this paper yesterday in his office, the state’s Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Alhaji Abdullahi Sha’ab Umaru, confirmed that election to select the new monarch that would occupy the vacant stool had been conducted.

He, however, refused to confirm Abubakar as winner, saying the state government would make official announcement in due course. 

“Election and appointment of Oba or Emir by the State Government involves some process and due processes have to be followed. So, very soon, the announcement of the new Emir of Ilesha Baruba would be made,” Umaru said.

He reiterated the government’s commitment to give traditional rulers their “deserved places in government with a view to contributing economically and socially to the society.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Oke-Odo     Tunde Mukaila Mustapha     Jimoh Olusola Imam     Dankaka     Gobir     ER-KANG Mining Nigeria Company Limited     Sulyman Atolagbe Alege     Nigeria Governors\' Forum     Tunji Olawuyi     Umar Saro     Summit University     Hassan Oyeleke     Ayinke Saka     Ashiru     Kwara 2015     Baaziki Sulaiman     Niyi Ogundiran     Ahmad Ali     Esuwoye     Kayode Ibrahim     Fatai Adeniyi Garba     Risikat Lawal     National Broadcasting Commission     Oba Mogaji Abdulkadir     Ahmad Olanrewaju Belgore     Guber Aspirant     Kulende-UITH     Kamoru Kadiri     Olam Food Ingredients     Suleiman Idris     Benin Republic     Adamu Atta     A.O. Belgore     Abatemi Usman     Alfa Belgore     African Democratic Congress     Shaaba Lafiagi     Suleiman Yahya Alapansapa     John Mayokun Dada     Bureau Of Lands     Ado Bayero     Abdulmumini Jawondo     Aminat Omodara     REO CAKES     Kwara Liberation Group     AbdulGafar Tosho     Sulyman Age AbdulKareem     Oke-Ode     Folaranmi Aro     Teachers Specific Allowance     Jumoke F. Ajao     Assayomo     Majlis For Sadakah, Zakat And Waqf     Dorcas Afeniforo     Pakata Patriots     Kwara State Infrastructure Development Fund     Col. Adedipe     Temitope Ogunbanke     Saliu Ajibola Ajia     Saadu Gbogbo Iwe     Solomon Edojah     Muhammad Ghali Alaaya     Ben Duntoye     MATTA Girls Foundation     Shao     Akeem Olatunji     Yusuf Amuda Gobir     Marufat Oladosu     Owu Fall     Obayomi Azeez     Khadijat Ayoola Yusuf     Ajibola Ademola Julius     Binta Sulyman     Ayegbeni     Wasiu Odewale     Transition Implementation Committee     Millennium Development Goals    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Jani Ibrahim     Pilgrims Board     Orire     AbdulRasaq Abdulmajeed Alaro     General Hospital     Zulkifli Ibraheem     Aminat Omodara     Ajibola Ademola Julius     Dauda Adeniran Adeshola     CCB     Kupchi Hosea Maxwell     Tunji Moronfoye     Abdulsalam Firdaous Amosa     Isa Aremu     Zara Umar     Wakilin Mata Lafiagi     Ayedun     Raimi Iyanda     Shuaib Abdulkadir     Simon Sayomi     Oloyede     NFAI     Abdullahi G. Mohammad     Oba Mogaji Abdulkadir     Tunde Idiagbon Road     Fareedah Dankaka     Playing Host     Yoonus Kola Olatinwo     Reuben Paraje     Rashidi Yekini     Nigeria Foundation For Artificial Intelligence     Sa\'adu Salau     Ayotunde Emmanuel Alao     Mashood Dauda     Sola Saraki Educational Foundation     Ilorin Like-Minds     Kunle Akogun     Ayobami Seriki     Oba Abdulkadir La\'aro     Seed Technologies     AGM Professional Services     Maigidasanma     Lanre Jimoh     Olatunde Jare     Senior Special Assistant On Student Affairs     Abdulfatai Ahmed     Suleiman Yahya Alapansapa     David Oyedepo     Alanamu     Jamila Bio Ibrahim     Eghe Igbinehin     Manzuma     Mohammed Haruna     Moremi High School     Ben Duntoye     Bolakale Ayo     Donatus Ejidike     Olusola Saraki     Onilorin     Vasolar     Alabi Olayemi Abdulrazak     Crystal Corner Shops     Lanre Badmas     Oluwatoyin Lukman     Dagbalodo     Shettima     Simeon Ajibola     Shade Omoniyi     Moronfoye     International Public Sector Accounting Standards     Boko Haram     Fatimat Saliu     Aremu Bose Deborah     Student Learning Support Helpline     Shettima Of Ilorin     ANCOPPS     Oba-Solagberu