Tag: Zazzau Kingmakers

Emir of Zazzau: El-Rufai jettisoned kingmakers’ report, orders fresh round of selection process

Ishaku Yohanna

Kaduna State Government has directed the five kingmakers of the Zazzau emirate to begin a fresh selection of candidates for the 19th emir of Zazzau after it jettisoned the earlier list submitted to it. The state government on Wednesday stated that the earlier processes had excluded two untreated applicants including the Bunu Zazzau and the Sarkin Dajin Zazzau who it claimed had protested their exclusion in the selection processes. The kingmakers of Zazzau had met with representatives of government and security agencies in Zaria on September 24, where they submitted…

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Zazzau kingmakers shortlist three candidates for Emir

Ishaku Yohanna

Kingmakers of Zazzau Emirate have nominated three candidates for the vacant seat of Emir of Zazzau, who died on Sunday after occupying the throne for over 45 years. The kingmakers include the Wazirin Zazzau, Alhaji Ibrahim Aminu, who is the Chairman, Makama Karami, Alhaji Muhammad Abbas, Fagacin Zazzau, Alhaji Umar Muhammad, Chief Imam of Zazzau, Sheikh Dalhatu Qasim and the Chief Imam of Kona, Sheikh Muhammad. It has been gathered that three of the kingmakers voted for Bashar Aminu, while Turakin Zazzau, Aminu Idris, eldest son of the late Emir…

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