Emir of Maru, Kanoma District Head Dethroned Over Banditry
Posted on September 14, 2019
AISHA ABUBAKAR
The Zamfara State Government has finally dethroned a second-class traditional ruler, the Emir of Maru, Alhaji Abubakar Chika Ibrahim, who was earlier suspended for suspected links with bandits terrorising the state.
Also removed for same reason was the District Head of Kanoma, also in Maru Local Government Area, Alhaji Ahmed Kanoma.
According to a statement signed by the Deputy Governor, Barrister Mahdi Aliyu Gusau, he said that the two monarchs, who were on suspension for allegedly being part of armed banditry in their respective domains, have finally been stripped of their positions following the outcome of a committee’s investigation set up by the state government to investigate the allegations leveled against them.
The Deputy Governor said that the two traditional rulers were found to have really committed the offences levelled against them by their subjects.
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