BREAKING: Huge Tragedy as Prominent Monarch Slumps, Dies in Palace

BREAKING: Huge Tragedy as Prominent Monarch Slumps, Dies in Palace

  • Nigeria has lost one of its prominent traditional rulers, Alhaji Abdullahi Adamu, the traditional ruler of Yaba in the Abaji area council, FCT
  • Alhaji Adamu was reported to have slumped and died while on his way to observe Magrib prayers within his palace
  • The monarch who died on Thursday night, March 9, will be buried in Yaba by 9 am on Friday, March 10

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FCT, Abuja - Alhaji Abdullahi Adamu, the traditional ruler of Yaba in the Abaji area council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), has died at the age of 62.

According to Daily Trust, a member of the family of the late monarch, Shuaibu Abdullahi, confirmed his death on Thursday night, March 9.

Alhaji Abdullahi Adamu/Traditional ruler of Yaba/FCT
Alhaji Abdullahi Adamu, the traditional ruler of Yaba in the Abaji area council of the FCT, is dead. Photo credit: David Audu Yakubu
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According to Abdullahi, the late Etsu of Yaba chiefdom died while on his way to observe Magrib prayers in his palace.

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He added that the monarch slumped suddenly, and his aides rushed him to Abaji General Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

“Immediately he slumped, they moved him inside the car to the hospital. But unfortunately, on arrival at the hospital, doctors confirmed him dead,” Abdullahi said.

It was gathered that the monarch's corpse had been taken from the hospital to Yaba, where he would be buried by 9 am on Friday, March 10.

Emir of Dutse Nuhu Muhammadu Sunusi II is dead

Meanwhile, Legit.ng also previously reported the death of the Emir Of Dutse, the capital city of Jigawa state, Nuhu Muhammadu Sunusi II.

The first-class traditional ruler in the North Western part of Nigeria was a former Chancellor of Sokoto State University.

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The monarch reportedly died in Abuja on Tuesday evening. It was gathered that the prominent Jigawa monarch was said to have been ill for a while.

Hoodlums behead Delta monarch

In another report, a monarch in Asamokwu village, Ndokwa East LGA of Delta, was b*eheaded following a dispute over an oil derivation-sharing formula.

The state police command spokesperson, Bright Edafe, confirmed the sad incident on Friday, February 10.

Edafe said the monarch was killed on Thursday, February 9th, following an argument between his community and an adjoining village over the sharing formula of a derivation fund from an oil company situated in their environment.

Source: Legit.ng

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