Alhaji Salihu Tanko, Emir of Kagara in the Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State, has passed away.
Governor of Niger state, Abubakar Sani- Bello, released a statement on Tuesday, March 2, to mourn him while describing his demise as a great shock and a loss to the Kagara Emirate and the North Central state in general.
Governor Bello, who is the Chairman of North Central Governors Forum, said: “We have lost a First Class Emir, a member of the State Council of Traditional Rulers, an Octogenarian and an Elder Statesman whose wise counsel has been of immense value to this administration and those before it in the state.”
Kagara has been in the news since last month when bandits Kidnapped over 40 students and members of staff of Government Science College, Kagara.
