Residents pray for late FCT’s longest serving chief
Residents and other well-wishers have held prayers for the late District Head of Ushafa in Bwari Area Council of the FCT, Alhaji Muhammadu Baba Kwanga, who died last week at the age of 116 and after spending 54 years on the throne. City & Crime learnt that the late district head ascended the throne on […]
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Residents and other well-wishers have held prayers for the late District Head of Ushafa in Bwari Area Council of the FCT, Alhaji Muhammadu Baba Kwanga, who died last week at the age of 116 and after spending 54 years on the throne.
City & Crime learnt that the late district head ascended the throne on February 10, 1970, and was turbaned by the Suleja Emirate Council under the leadership of the late Alhaji Suleiman Barau.
Speaking with newsmen during the seventh day prayers for the late district head, his eldest son, Prince Ishaku Mohammadu Garba, said there were many legacies of his late father that would continue to foster peace and unity among the people of the chiefdom.
Garba described his late father as trustworthy, selfless, faithful and obedient.
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Prince Garba, who is a retired civil servant, said his late father was married to six wives, had 19 children and 42 grandchildren.
He further said that his late father was the oldest and longest traditional ruler among all the chiefs in the FCT.
Also speaking, the Chairman of Ushafa community, Mr Ayuba Diko Alaye, said the late district head was a big access to Ushafa community, and that he was the custodian of Ggagyi culture and tradition in Bwari Area Council and the FCT at large.
He said one of the major legacies the late district head left behind was his constant preaching of unity and peaceful coexistence.
Dignitaries at the prayers included the Minister of Special Duties, Zaphaniyya Jisalo; Abaji and Bwari area council chairmen; Sarkin Bwari and Esu of Bwari and some mandate secretaries.