Attah Of Igala & Chancellor Of University Of Lagos Dies at 102

The President of Kogi state Traditional Council and Attah of Igala, His Royal Majesty Alhaji ( Dr) Aliyu Obaje is dead.

The late monarch who died at the age of 102, ascended the throne on 2nd November, 1956 as the 26th Attah of Igala succeeding late Attah Ameh Oboni.

He reigned from 1956 to 2012, making him the longest serving traditional ruler in the country. Until his death; Dr. Aliyu was the Chancellor of University of Lagos.

The Kogi State Paramount Ruler was appointed Chairman of the Kogi State Traditional Council in 1992.  Until his death, he was the longest reigning First Class Traditional Ruler in Nigeria.

The late Attah of Igala was appointed a Minister without Portfolio by the late Sardauna of Sokoto, Sir Ahmadu Bello.  He was also a member of two Constitutional Conferences in London in the build-up to Nigeria’s independence.

He is survived by his wives and many children.

May he rest in perfect peace.

Declare MKO Abiola, Ex-President of Nigeria, Family tells FG

The family of the acclaimed winner of the June 12, 1993 Presidential election in Nigeria, Chief MKO Abiola, has called on the Federal Government to declare the late business mogul am ex-president of the country.

Head  of  Abiola family and a   younger  brother   to the late politician, Alhaji Mubashiru Abiola,  stated this  at their family house in Abeokuta  when some officials of Ogun  State Government led by Governor Ibikunle Amosun and a  campaign train of civil society groups visited them  as part of activities marking the 19th anniversary of the annulment of the election. 

While describing  his late brother as  the ‘sacrificial lamb’ for democracy in Nigeria’ Abiola lamented that, the family had been neglected, noting that the only thing that could make the soul of the deceased rest in peace is for the Federal Government to declare him as an ex- President   of the country.