Longest-serving Zamfara dies after 61 years on throne

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Zamfara State’s longest serving monarch, the Emir of Kwatarkwashi in Bungudu Local Government Area of the state, Alhaji Ahmad Umar, died on Thursday June 9, 2022.

In a press statement in Gusau, the state capital, by Alhaji Kabiru Balarabe, said Umar, who was the eldest emir died in his palace after a prolonged illness.

He has been buried according to the Islamic injunctions.

Alhaji Ahmad Umar Mai Kwatarwas was crowned by Sultan Abubakar III on March 17, 1961, and he had been on the throne for 61 years.

In March 2021, he celebrated his 60th year on the throne in a grand style which was graced by prominent traditional leaders in the northern part of Nigeria including the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III.

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