Niger State Commissioner for Local Government Community Development and Chieftaincy Affairs Barrister Abdulmalik Sarkin Daji has said that 43 applications have been received from persons seeking to occupy the Kontagora throne.
He said the kingmakers had earlier selected Galadiman Kontagora to lead the process, even as submission of interest closes today (Friday).
The Galadima, Alhaji Shehu Yusuf, has promised to be fair and just in their assignment without any fear of interference from government. He said the government usually intervenes in the selection process when there is injustice against a contender.
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He also said that they have a responsibility to select an emir that will be acceptable to all for the good of the emirate.
Dateline Nigeria reports that the first class Kontagora throne became vacant with the death of Sarkin Sudan Kontagora Alhaji Saidu Namasaka, on Thursday, last week
The monarch, who died at 84 after a protracted illness in Abuja, was the second in command in the Niger State Council of Traditional Rulers.
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The traditional ruler was the 6th Emir of Kontagora and marked 47 years on the throne in January this year.
Born in 1937, Alhaji Saidu Umaru Namaska ascended the throne in 1974. His father, Malam Umaru Sarkin Kudu was the son of Mallam Umaru Nagwamatse, the founder of the Kontagora Emirate and a prince from Sokoto caliphate.
