Another FCT Monarch Is Dead [PHOTO]

• Another FCT monarch has been confirmed dead.

• The monarch died on Saturday morning after battling with a brief illnes.

• He died at the age of 76.

EKO HOT BLOG reports that Chief Emmanuel Kyauta Yepwi, the Sa’akaruyi of Karu chiefdom in Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC), has died.

Habaku Samson, a relative of the late monarch confirmed the death to journalists on Saturday.

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He said the monarch died after a brief illness on Saturday morning at a private hospital in Kano State.

He said the late Sa’akaruyi was admitted at the Kano hospital before he passed on, adding that his remains would be brought to Abuja.

“Around 12pm today, a call came from Kano that Sa’akaruyi of Karu had passed on at the hospital. His body is being conveyed through the air to Abuja,” he said.

Samuel Danjuma, the special assistant to Senate Philip Aduda, who are said to be first cousins to the late chief, also confirmed the monarch’s death.

The chief Pai Chiefdom in Kwali area council of Abuja, late HRH Alhaji Abdullahi Bala, died on July, 3, 2022 after a brief illness.

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Also, the Etsu of Kwali Chiefdom, late HRH Alhaji Shaban Audu Nizazo (III), died on December, 29, 2022, at a private hospital in Abuja, where he reportedly went for checkup, while the Etsu of Yaba Chiefdom in Abaji area council, late Alhaji Abdullahi Adamu, died on March 9, 2023. He had slumped after performing ablution to observe Isha’i prayer inside his palace.

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