Emir of Jama’are, Alhaji Muhammad Wabi IIII was installed emir in 1970 after the death of his father Muhammadu Wabi II.
The Emir of Jama’are in Bauchi State, Alhaji Muhammadu Wabi III, is dead.
Alhaji Sama’ila Yusuf-Jarma, the Chairman, Jama’are Local Government Council, confirmed the death to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Sunday in Bauchi.
Yusuf-Jarma said that Wabi, 92, died at about 12:15 am on Sunday at Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital after a protracted illiness.
Wabi was installed emir in 1970 after the death of his father Muhammadu Wabi II.
He survived by four wives, 35 children and many grand children.
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The Emir of Jama’are, Ahmadu Muhammadu Wabi III was born on August 2nd,1938 as a prince he attended the Bauchi middle School between 1952 and 1956, he worked at the native authority before joining the agricultural sector and become the livestock officer in 1962.
Late Wabi worked as the Chief scribe clerk to the Jama’are Emirate Council from 1964 to 1970. He was a member of the defunct Northern Peoples Congress NPC.
The deceased emir was appointed as the 9th Emir of Jama’are at his youthful age on November 19th, 1970, and was given a staff of office on May 11th, 1971.
In 2008 the then President Umaru Musa Yar’adua meritoriously conferred Ahmadu Muhammadu Wabi III with the National Merit Award of Officer of the Order of the Niger OON.
The late Emir of Jama’are worked harmoniously with 17 Governors both military and civilians that governed Bauchi State.
He is the longest Emir in the History of Jama’are Emirate Council, he clocked 51 years on the throne.
The remains of the late emir of Jama’are would be laid to rest today at 2:00 p.m. in Jama’are town.