Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara on  Wednesday has approved the appointment of a serving officer of the Nigerian Army, Major Sanusi Mohammed as the new Emir of Kaura Namoda Emirate.

A statement by the Special Adviser Public Enlightenment, Media and Communications, Zailani Bappa, said the approval of Major Sanusi Mohammed’s appointment as the new Emir followed the recommendation by the Kaura Namoda traditional council.

It said that the 40-year-old new monarch, who would succeed his father, Muhammad Asha, who died last week, is a serving major in the Nigerian Army.

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Matawalle wishes the new Emir a successful reign.

Sanusi succeeds his late father, Alhaji Mohammed Ahmed Asha, aged 71 who died last Sunday after a brief illness.

With the approval, Sanusi Mohammed becomes the third Emir and the seventeenth ruler of Kaura Namoda.

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