Tuesday announced the death of the Emir
of Bungudu, Ibrahim Ahmad, at the age of
95 years.
A statement signed by the State Commissioner for Information, Ibrahim Birnin-Magaji, said the monarch died on Tuesday at Yariman Bakura
Specialist Hospital, Gusau, after a brief illness.
Born in 1918, Mr. Birnin-Magaji served as
Village Head in Bungudu Town between 1949
and 1980, from where he became District Head,
a position he held until he succeeded his late
father, Alhaji Ahmad, as third class Emir in
1997.
In 2000, he was elevated to second class status
and got the first class status in 2003.
Meanwhile, his remains were buried at his
palace in Bungudu according to Islamic rites.
The funeral was attended by Governor Abdulaziz
Yari, members of the state House of Assembly,
commissioners, special advisers and other top
government functionaries.
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