The Shehu Of Borno, Dr Mustapha Umar El kanemi is
dead.He died on Saturday morning at a military
hospital in Cairo, Egypt .His burial according to
Islamic rites is slated for Sunday in Maiduguru, the
Borno state capital .It was learnt that the late
Shehu had a long battle with leukemia .His
illness got particularly worse in the last three
weeks and he was flown to a hospital in cairo for an
operation.Unfortunately he died
today.Newsdiaryonline learnt Saturday night that the
late Shehu`s corpse will arrive Maiduguri in the
early hours of Sunday, February 21, 2009.He will be
buried later in the day perhaps to give room for the
arrival of dignitaries expected to attend the
funeral.
During the last eid el kabir , the Shehu urged
Muslims to avoid retaliation in the aftermath of the
Jos Crisis.
Umar El-kanemi was the son of late Shehu of Borno,
Alhaji Umar Sanda El-Amin El-kanemi. He was born in
Dikwa Emirate in 1924. He was educated at the Borno
Middle School III. He was appointed as a scribe in
Wali’s office in 1945. As a Last Corporal in 1949 in
the Police, he was later transferred to the post of
Yalema that is Shehu’s representative. The following
year in 1950, he was appointed Veterinary Supervisor
and was posted to Nguru town as the Shehu’s
rrepresentative as well..
He moved to the central office, Maiduguri from there, he proceeded to
Zaria to attend a local Government course at the Old
clerical centre, Kongo, now Kongo campus, Ahmadu
Bello University ,ABU and later went to the clerical
training school in the same school in Zaria , in
1953. Mustapha Umar El-Kanemi was elected
member of the former Northern Nigerian House of
Assembly in 1956, and was appointed parliamentary
secretary of the Ministry of Land and Survey, in
1961.
He returned to Maiduguri in September 1966, he
was re-appointed as a scribe of the central office,
and was appointed a district Head of Mafa in 1968.
Shehu Mustapha Umar El-Kanemi on promotion in 1970
was transferred to Nganzai District a post he held
until he became the Shehu of Borno in 1974. His
selection was one of the longest in recent history
lasting nearly a month because of a slight stalemate
over who will succeed his father .It was learnt it
really does not take time to select a new Shehu,
which may likely be the case now. Untill his death
he was President House of Chiefs Borno, Vice
President Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs.
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