Gumel Emir’s death a profound loss to Nigeria — Shettima

Vice-President Kashim Shettima has described the decease of the Emir of Gumel, HRH Alhaji Dr Ahmed Muhammad Sani II, arsenic a profound nonaccomplishment to Jigawa State and Nigeria.

Shettima stated this connected Friday during a condolence sojourn to Jigawa State, wherever helium conveyed the sympathies of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the Federal Government to the precocious monarch’s family, the Gumel Emirate Council, Governor Umar Namadi and the radical of the state.

The Vice-President said the precocious Emir represented a procreation of accepted rulers whose power extended beyond the palace to peacebuilding, education, assemblage improvement and nationalist cohesion.

According to him, the precocious monarch, who died successful Cairo, Egypt, connected September 3, 2026, aft astir 46 years connected the throne, would beryllium remembered for his stability, contented and committedness to duty.

Shettima said the precocious Emir’s reign, which began connected December 16, 1980, spanned decades of important governmental and societal changes successful Nigeria, yet helium remained committed to peace, education, Islamic assistance and peaceful coexistence.

He described the precocious monarch arsenic a father, bridge-builder and stabilising voice, noting that his decease had deprived the federation of a repository of history, acquisition and organization memory.

The Vice-President further said President Tinubu held the precocious Emir successful precocious esteem, parti...