Yahaya Abubakar

Yahaya Abubakar rtd CFR is a traditional ruler (Emir or Amir) who was born to the family of Alhaji Abubakar Saganuwa, the late Nakordi Nupe and brother to the 11th Etsu Nupe Late Malam Musa Bello and his mother Hajiya Habiba Bantigi Ndayako daughter of the 9th Etsu Nupe (Muhammadu Kudu Ndayako) and Sister to late Alhaji Umaru Sanda Ndayako the 12th Etsu Nupe, or King of the Nupe Kingdom[1]

Yahya Abubakar
Etsu Nupe (Etsu Nupe means King of Nupe)
Brig Gen. Dr
Etsu Nupe
Reign2003
Coronation20 August 2003
PredecessorUmaru Sanda Ndayako
BornYahaya Abubakar
(1952-09-12) 12 September 1952
Bida
Married to Four Wives
Names
Yahaya Abubakar Sanganuwar Nakordi
RoyalUsman Zaki Ruling house
FatherAlh. Abubakar Saganuwa (Nakordi Nupe)
MotherHaj. Habiba Bantigi Ndayako
ReligionIslam
OccupationEx-Military, Traditional Ruler

Background

Yahaya was born on 12 September 1952 at Bida in Niger State and hails from one of the ruling houses of Bida Emirate (Usman Zaki). He attended Government College, Sokoto and later Commercial College, Kano (1967–1971), then enrolled in to the Nigerian Defence Academy, Kaduna (1973–1975) in preparation for joining the Nigerian Army.

Before his appointment as the Etsu Nupe he was the Kusodu Nupe, last military posting was to the Defense Headquarters Abuja, where he was a director of foreign operations, before retiring as a Brigadier General in September 2003.[2]

Yahaya Abubakar Kusodu Nupe was appointed the 13th Etsu Nupe on 11 September 2003,[3] the ruler of all the Nupe speaking people in the world (Etsu Nupe: The King of Nupe) in succession to his late uncle Alhaji Umar Sanda Ndayako. By virtue of this title he is the Chairman of the Niger State Council of Traditional Rulers.[1] He is the chairman, Coordinating Committee National Council of Traditional Rulers of Nigeria.[4]

Etsu Nupe in durbar 2019
Etsu Nupe palace, wadata bida

Other positions

The Emir chair the committee pushing for the creation of Edu State with headquarters at Bida out of the present Niger, kogi and Kwara states to form a homeland for the Nupe people.[5] Other promoters for the creation of Edu State are Etsu Lapai, Etsu Agaie, Etsu Lafiyagi, Etsu Tsaragi, Etsu Patigi, Etsu Tsonga, prominent Nupe elder statesmen across the nation and abroad.[6]

He chaired the committee management Board of the Abuja National Mosque.[7]

Following a scandal when it was found that a Nupe man, Alhaji Muhammadu Bello Masaba, had married 86 wives, the Etsu Nupe set up a five-member committee of Islamic scholars to handle the issue. In September 2008 it was reported that Masaba has agreed to divorce all but four of the wives.[8]

References
  1. Agha Ibiam (4 March 2009). "As New Makaman Nupe Steps in". ThisDay. Retrieved 2010-09-04.
  2. Kasim Sule (September 12, 2003). "Yahaya Abubakar Kusodu becomes 13th Etsu Nupe". Daily Trust. Retrieved 2010-09-04.
  3. "Why I didn't tell anyone I was a prince in military school – Abubakar, Etsu Nupe". Punch Newspapers. 2021-09-10. Retrieved 2022-03-07.
  4. "Etsu Nupe for CAI fora in New York, Canada". Vanguard News. 2018-08-30. Retrieved 2021-06-25.
  5. Philip Nyam (July 16, 2009). "Etsu Nupe, Gana Present Proposal On Edu State". Nigeria Daily News. Retrieved 2010-09-04.
  6. HOPE AFOKE ORIVRI (16 July 2009). "Bankole endorses call for creation of Edu State from Niger, Kogi & Kwara". Nigerian Compass. Retrieved 2010-09-11.
  7. "Management – Abuja National Mosque". www.abujanationalmosque.org. Retrieved 2021-10-12.
  8. "Polygamist agrees to divorce 82 of his 86 wives, following death threats". Daily Trust. 1 September 2008. Retrieved 2010-09-04.
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