Shettima of Ilorin, Abubakar Lah, dies at 101

Date: 2013-07-24

The late Shettima of Ilorin, Alhaji Abubakar Lah, until his death on Sunday always wished that Nigeria will return to the way it used to be during the colonial days when things were "organised", his eldest son, Alhaji Ladi Lah, said yesterday.

"He was not happy that things have deteriorated in all organs of government and he always felt that youths of today are in a hurry to get rich," Lah said in a chat with Daily Trust in Ilorin. 

Shettima died on Sunday and was buried according to Islamic rite shortly after the Janazal prayer led by the Chief Imam of Ilorin, Alhaji Mohammed Bashir Imam Solihu, supported by other prominent imams and clerics. 

The late Shettima, who was aged 101, is survived by three wives and 14 children. He was a renowned teacher and administrator who thought many prominent personalities in the old Northern region.

Among the eminent personalities were; the late Lamido of Adamawa, Aliyu Mustapha, late Akanbi Oniyangi, late General Tunde Idiagbon as well as the present Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Ibrahim Zulu Gambari, among others.

Lah who was a close associate of the late premier of the defunct Northern region and Sardauna of Sokoto, Sir Ahmadu Bello, was also a board member of the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF).

The family house of the departed elder statesman at Gambari in Ilorin has been playing host to prominent personalities since his death was announced.

His eldest son, a retired director with the Nigeria Television Authority (NTA) said late Lah who was turbaned Shettima in 1978 during the reign of the ninth emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Zulukarnaini Gambari, believed in the unity of the north and the country in general.

"While he was in active service, the north was one. They posted people including him from provinces to provinces to work, there was oneness," he said.
The Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Ibrahim Zulu Gambari, through his spokesman, Alhaji Salihu Woru Mohammed, described the death of the late Shettima as a colossal loss, saying the entire Ilorin emirate would miss him.

Speaker of Kwara State House of Assembly, Barrister Razaq Atunwa, in a statement by his media aide, Alhaji Abdulrahman Sanni, described the deceased as a great teacher and administrator who contributed significantly to social economic development of Ilorin emirate, Kwara State and Northern Nigeria.

Source

 


Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Ganmo Power Sub-Station     Quran     Dar-Al-Handasah Consultants     Binta Sulyman     UNILORIN Alumni     Ibrahim Abiodun     Madawaki Of Ilorin     Olatunji Bamgbola     Olukotun Of Ikotun     Ile Arugbo     Umar Adelodun     Ndama Al-hassan     Adedipe     Elekoyangan     Olokoba     Quareeb Islamic Association     Tsaragi     Ibrahim Taiwo Road     Al-Ilory     Otoge     Rasaq Jimoh     Ejidongari     Bio Ibrahim     Kayode Ishola     C2c@kwarastate.gov.ng     Kwara State Football Association     ER-KANG Mining Nigeria Company Limited     Dunmade     Shuaibu Yaman Abdullahi     2017 Budget     Gbenga Olawepo     Saka Saadu     Gambari     Tunde Akanbi     Sunday Otokiti     HICA     Mukhtar Shagaya     Surajudeen Akanbi     Kwara State Fish Farmers Association     Amuda Musbau     Yoonus Kola Olatinwo     Leke Ogungbe     Metro Park     Fatai Olodo     AbdulRazaq Abubakar Jiddah     Kwara State Pension Board     Bashir Badawi     Odolaye Aremu     NYSC     Segun Ogunsola     Yetunde Balogun     Lola Olabayo     National Broadcasting Commission     Tunji Folami     Tayo Alao     Allocation     Shonga     Split Diamond Interchange     Yeketi     Sulu Babaita Isiaka     Hijaab     Idris Amosa Saidu     Omotoso Musa     Osi     Monsurat Omotosho     Rex Olawoye     David Oyedepo     Trade Lenda SME Fair     Olokoba Abdullahi Ayinla     Mohammed Lawal     SSUCOEN     Curfew     Kayode Alabi     Abubakar B.M     Amuda Bembe     Ojuekun     Coronavirus    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Adedeji Onimago     Adolescent Girls Initiative For Learning And Empowerment     Abdulrasheed Akogun     Amuda Aluko     Salihu Yahaya     International Public Sector Accounting Standards     Jamiu Oyawoye     Oyedun Juliana Funke     Garuba Alikinla Shittu     Lola Ashiru     Binta Abubakar Mora     Kwara State Polytechnic     Isiaka Saka Opobiyi     John Mayokun Dada     National Broadcasting Commission     Kulende-UITH     Abdulfatah Ahmed     Umar Gunu     Coronavirus     Omotoso Musa     Idris Garba     John Olobayo     Abdulfatai Ahmed     International Vocational Centre     Hydroelectric Power Producing Areas Development Commission     Shehu Adaramaja     Sobi     Kannike     Minister     Aliyu Muhammad Saifudeen     Ariyo     Halimah Perogi     Opolo Global Innovation Limited     National Pilot     Kwara Polytechnic     Elerinjare     Tescom.kwarastate.gov.ng     Alore     Lanre Issa-Onilu     Lucky Omoluwa     Just Event Online     Funmilayo Zubair     Omoniyi M. Ayinla     Abubakar Ndakene     Pategi     Okanlawon Musa     Elesie Of Esie     Abdulrasheed Na\'Allah     Afeyin-Olukuta     Yomi Ogunsola     Offa     Towoju     Saadu Yusuf     AIT Ilorin     Atunwa     Gbadeyan Gbadura Yomi     Aliyu Muhammed     Sola Saraki Educational Foundation     Budo Egba     Kwara State Sports Commission     Khairat Gwadabe     Lithium     Raliat AbdulRazaq     Olusegun Adeniyi     Mary Arinde     Buhari     Lafiagi     Moronfoye     Mukhtar Shagaya     Trade Lenda SME Fair     Adamu Atta     Women For Change And Development Initiative     Moses Salami     Ali Ahmad     Abdullahi G. Mohammad     Abdulwahab Olarewaju Issa     Manzuma