Tag: Emir of Katsina

Emir laments worsening insecurity in Katsina

Aminu Imam

…Says many traditional rulers have been abducted The Chairman, Katsina State Traditional Council of Chiefs and Emir of Katsina, Dr. Abdulmumini Kabir Usman, has raised the alarm over what he described as multifaceted worsening security challenges besetting residents of the state. The traditional ruler said the spate of insecurity in the State was at the moment deteriorating, thereby degenerating the state of affairs with regards to the security of lives and property of the citizenry, particularly in farming communities across the State. Also, Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in the state…

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2023: “Why I cannot disown Tinubu” – Emir of Katsina

Aminu Imam

The Emir of Katsina, Dr. AbdulMuminin Kabir Usman, has said there was no way he could disown the National Leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, in his bid to win the presidential election in 2023, in the event that he needed his support, considering their long-lasting relationship. The monarch stated this in his palace in Katsina, when he received members of the ‘Arewa Organisations Movement for Asiwaju’, led by Senator Abu Ibrahim, expressing that Tinubu has assisted him in the past. He stated that…

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“Bandits deserve death, not dialogue” – Katsina Emir

Aminu Imam

The Emir of Katsina, Abdulmuminu Usman, has said bandits killing people in the north-west deserve nothing but death. The Emir was speaking during a security stakeholder meeting on Tuesday in Katsina. Present at the meeting were the State governor, Aminu Bello Masari, the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, the Emir of Daura, Umar Faruk Umar, and a host of others. The Emir said since the bandits have decided to go after people’s lives, they also ”don’t deserve to live”. Usman similarly lamented the delay in prosecution and punishment…

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