The Emir of Funakeye Emirate in Gombe State, Alhaji Mu’azu Kwairanga III, has died 16 months after he was installed by Governor Muhammad Inuwa Yahaya.
It was learnt that the Emir passed away aged 45 on Sunday.
The Emir was said to have attended a function with the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Ali Pantami in the state capital, Gombe on Saturday and performed other functions without showing any signs of ailment.
Speaking on the emir’s demise, Governor Yahaya said it was a monumental loss not only to his emirate but to the entire state and nation.
“Gombe State has indeed lost one of its finest traditional rulers, who worked relentlessly with other royal fathers in the state and offered counsels and fatherly guidance for the peace, unity, growth, and development of the state in particular and Nigeria as a whole,” he said.
According to the governor, the late emir was a humble, decent and down-to-earth traditional ruler who
cared for his subjects as well as the unity and progress of the state.
He described his 16 month’s reign as remarkably eventful.
The governor, therefore, on behalf of the government and people of the state, commiserate with the royal family, people of Funakeye Emirate, the Chairman of Gombe state Council of Emirs and Chiefs, Abubakar Abubakar lll, over the loss.
He prayed Almighty Allah to grant the late royal father Aljannat Firdaus.
The funeral prayers of the late emir will take place by 2:00 p.m., at the Emir’s palace in Bajoga, Funakaye Local Government Area of Gombe State.
Alhaji Mu’azu Kwairanga III was installed as Emir in May 2021.
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