YOLA — The Adamawa State Authorities has formally revoked the celebrated conventional title of Waziri Adamawa beforehand held by former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, citing a brand new indigeneship coverage affecting emirate council management.
The choice was communicated in a round dated June 20, 2025, and signed by Mrs. Adama Felicity Mamman, Everlasting Secretary of the Division of Chieftaincy Affairs. The directive is a part of a broader restructuring of conventional establishments following the current creation of latest chiefdoms beneath Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri’s administration.
Historically thought of the second highest-ranking determine within the Adamawa Emirate after the Lamido, the Waziri Adamawa title now falls beneath new eligibility standards which stipulate that solely indigenes from Yola South, Yola North, Girei, Mayo-Belwa, Tune, and Zumo districts can maintain emirate council positions or titles. Atiku, a local of Jada Native Authorities Space, which is a part of the Ganye Chiefdom, is thus disqualified.
The round additional said that the brand new coverage applies to all council members and conventional titleholders inside emirate techniques throughout the state, thereby affecting a number of others whose origins lie exterior the authorized districts.
Whereas the state authorities insists the coverage is only administrative, political analysts have linked the transfer to rising tensions between Governor Fintiri and Atiku Abubakar. Each had been outstanding figures inside the Peoples Democratic Celebration (PDP) in the course of the 2023 elections, however current occasions counsel widening political divisions.
Atiku has in current months been related to talks involving key nationwide political actors akin to Peter Obi, Nasir El-Rufai, and Senator Aishatu Binani—fueling hypothesis a couple of new opposition alliance forward of the 2027 normal elections.
Additional intensifying the controversy is a invoice at present earlier than the Adamawa State Home of Meeting that seeks to grant the governor the ability to depose conventional rulers deemed unfit and appoint successors instantly. Critics warn the proposed legislation may focus extreme authority within the arms of the state govt and erode the autonomy of conventional establishments.
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