Thereafter, the Commissioner, Ministry for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Ibrahim Jalo, presented an appointment letter to the new Mai Tangle in Poshiya, in Billiri. According to Jalo, Malam Maiyamba’s appointment followed the recommendation of the Kingmakers of the Tangale Chiefdom coupled with his personal qualities and suitability for the office.
Soon after the late king’s demise, the kingmakers customarily called for nominations from the ruling houses. And there came an unprecedented concentration on the Maiyamba royal lineage, which three top contestants emerged, namely Ahmadu Muhammadu Maiyamba, Musa Idris Maiyamba and Danladi Sanusi Maiyamba.
Sadly, however, the Southern and Middlebelt Leaders’ Forum, according to the state government, allegedly mounted a campaign sensitising restive youths and women on the need to ignore the existing laws that empower the governor to appoint any of the three shortlisted candidates. To the forum, the kingmakers have the final say on who is to be appointed, and not the governor.
“We have enjoyed decades of stability despite the prevailing situation in the Northeast. We must guard this peace jealously and not allow our collective security to be sacrificed on the altar of royal or religious politics,” the Muslims said. He said the delegation would visit the Chief Imam of Billiri, Alhaji Abubakar Abdullahi, to condole with, sympathise as well as seek the forgiveness of their Muslim brothers.
Gombe is a dirt poor desolate godfasaken place yet selection of a no name rural chief makes front pages since last week. Useless
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