Bauchi Emir of Jama’are, 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.
According to Yusuf-Jarma, the Emir died in the early hours of Sunday at the age of 92, at Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital after a protracted illness.
Wabi was installed emir in 1970 after the death of his father Muhammadu Wabi II.
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